Kbelany (german: Wellana) is a municipality and village in
Plzeň-North District
Plzeň-North District ( cs, okres Plzeň-sever) is a district (''okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Plzeň. The most populated municipality of the district is Nýřany.
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Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň Reg ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name was probably derived from the personal name Kbel, or referred to settlers who came from a place called Kbel or Kbely.
Geography
Kbelany is located about west of
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
. It lies in the
Plasy Uplands
Plasy (; german: Plass) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. It is known for its former monastery.
Administrative parts
Villages of Babina, Horní Hradiště, Lomnička, Neb ...
. The highest point is the hill Harabaska at above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Kbelany is from 1239, when the village was owned by the
Kladruby Monastery. The monastery owned Kbelany until its abolition in the second half of the 18th century. During the 19th century, the village expanded considerably. In 1938, the municipality was annexed by
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. After World War II, the German-speaking population was
expelled.
Demographics
Transport
The
D5 motorway (part of the
European route E50
European route E 50 is an A-type east–west connection across the European continent. It connects the key naval port of Brest France with Makhachkala, on the Caspian Sea in the Russian republic Dagestan.
Outlook
Half the route is on hi ...
) from Plzeň to the Czech-German border in
Rozvadov
Rozvadov (german: Roßhaupt) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Diana, Milíře, Nové Domky, Rozcestí and Svatá Kateřina ...
runs along the southern municipal border.
Kbelany is located on the railway line of local importance from
Nýřany
Nýřany (; german: Nürschan) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Doubrava and Kamenný Újezd are administrative parts of Nýřany.
Geo ...
to
Heřmanova Huť. The train station in the municipality is called ''Přehýšov'' after the neighbouring municipality of
Přehýšov.
Sights
Kbelany is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are a stone
conciliation cross
A conciliation cross, also known as a roadside cross, is a stone cross, which was set up in a place where a murder or accident had happened.
Purpose
In medieval times, they were sometimes handmade by the murderer as a symbol of conciliation with ...
and a border stone, both from the 16th century.
A landmark is the Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, located in the centre of the village.
References
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Villages in Plzeň-North District