Mokřiny (German: ''Nassengrub'') is a village and municipal part of

Aš Aš (; ) is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Aš consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Aš (11, ...

in the

Karlovy Vary Region The Karlovy Vary Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of the country. It is named after its capital Karlovy Vary. It is known for spas, which include Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně. ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Geography

Mokřiny is located to the south from Aš; unlike other municipal parts, it forms a continuous populated area with it. To the east it neighbours with Vernéřov, to the south with

Nový Žďár Nový Žďár (German: ''Neuenbrand'') is a village and municipal part of Aš in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30 inhabitants. Etymology In Czech, ''Nový'' means ''New''. Word ''Žďár'' is from ''žďárovat'', w ...

, and to the southeast with Nebesa. To the west is the German border.

History

Mokřiny was established by the

Zedtwitz The Zedtwitz family is the name of an old and distinguished German noble family, which also belonged to the Bohemian nobility. The family originated in Franconia, Germany. History The family first appeared in a written document in 1235 and la ...

, before 1413, when it is first mentioned. In 1874 Mokřiny became a separate municipality. In 1971 it was joined with Aš.

Demographics

Landmarks

* Catholic church of St. Charles Borromeo from 1912, * Protestant church from 1913 (from architect

Otto Bartning Otto Bartning (12 April 1883 in Karlsruhe – 20 February 1959 in Darmstadt) was a Modernist German architect, architectural theorist and teacher. In his early career he developed plans with Walter Gropius for the establishment of the Bauhaus. H ...

), * World War I Memorial from 1924.

Notable residents

Karl Fritzsch Karl Fritzsch (10 July 1903 – 2 May 1945) was a German SS official who served as deputy and acting commandant at the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1940 to 1941. He is best known as the official responsible for the death of priest Maximili ...

(1903–1945), Nazi SS

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

commandant who was the first to use Zyklon B for mass murder

Gallery

Image:Mokřiny Aš evangelic church 2009-03-08.jpg, Evangelic church. Image:Mokřiny 2009-09-04.jpg, Church of St. Charles Borromeo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mokriny (As) Aš Villages in Cheb District Former municipalities of the Czech Republic