Chyše (german: Chiesch) is a town in
Karlovy Vary District
Karlovy Vary District or Carlsbad District ( cs, okres Karlovy Vary) is a district (''okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Karlovy Vary.
List of municipalities
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in the
Karlovy Vary Region
The Karlovy Vary Region or Carlsbad Region ( cs, Karlovarský kraj, German: ''Karlsbader Region'') is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Chýšky, Číhání, Čichořice, Dvorec, Jablonná, Luby, Podštěly, Poříčí, Radotín and Žďárek administrative parts of Chyše.
Geography
Chyše is located about southeast of
Karlovy Vary. It lies on the left bank of the Střela river. The built-up area lies in the eastern tip of the
Teplá Highlands
Teplá (german: Tepl) is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
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, but most of the municipal territory lies in the
Rakovník Uplands
Rakovník (, german: Rakonitz) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
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History
The first written mention of Chyše is from 1169, when a fortress was documented here. For 200 years, it was owned by the Lords of Odolenovice.
According to the census of 1921, the town had the population of 1,126. 1,046 were Germans, 72 Czechoslovaks and 8 foreigners. Vast majority of the inhabitants were Roman Catholics, complemented by 20 Jews, six Protestants and three people without religion.
From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the
municipalities in Sudetenland
The list below gives German names and Czech names of towns along with county names and other information in the Sudetenland from World War I through the era of World War II known as interwar Czechoslovakia.
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. After World War II, the town was returned to Czechoslovakia and the local German population
expelled.
Sights
The landmark of the town is the Chyše Castle. The old fortress was rebuilt into a Gothic castle, then it was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence in 1578. The baroque modification took place is 1695–1708. The current appearance is a result of a neo-Gothic reconstruction from 1856–1858. Today the castle is open to the public. A very rare ceiling painting by
Petr Brandl on the vault of one of the castle's representative salons dates from 1699.
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Notable people
* Herbert Zimmermann (born 1944), German neuroscientist
References
External links
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Karlovy Vary District