Kaceřov (german: Katzengrün) is a municipality and village in
Sokolov District
Sokolov District ( cs, okres Sokolov) is a district (''okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Sokolov, Czech Republic, Sokolov.
Complete 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 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Horní Pochlovice is an administrative part of Kaceřov.
Geography
Kaceřov is located about west of
Sokolov and southwest of
Karlovy Vary. It lies on the border of the
Cheb Basin
Cheb (; german: Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře.
Before the 1945 expulsion of the German-speaking population, the town was the centre of the German ...
and
Sokolov Basin
The Sokolov Basin or Falkenau Basin (german: Falkenauer Becken, formerly also ''Falkenau-Elbogen-Karlsbader Becken''; cz, Sokolovská pánev) is a drainage basin and geomorphological unit in the Czech Republic. It is located in northwestern Boh ...
. The highest point is the hill Bučina at above sea level. The Libocký Stream flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Kaceřov is from 1312, when it was acquired by the
Waldsassen Abbey
Waldsassen Abbey (German: ''Abtei Waldsassen'') is a Cistercian nunnery, formerly a Cistercian monastery, located on the River Wondreb at Waldsassen near Tirschenreuth, Oberpfalz, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the border with the Czech Republic. ...
. The most important owners of the estate were the Pergler of Perglas family. They held Kaceřov from the 1470s until the end of the 18th century.
Sights
The most important monument is the Kaceřov Castle with a park and castle pond. It is an example of a one-storey baroque rural feudal residence. The oldest monument in the municipality is the torso of the Marian column. Other smaller monuments are the statue of Saint
Anthony of Padua from 1719 and the late baroque column of the Holy Trinity from 1777.
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Villages in Sokolov District