Oloví (german: Bleistadt) is a town 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 Březová (Sokolov District), Břez ...

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

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. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Hory, Nové Domy and Studenec are administrative parts of Oloví.

History

The first written mention of Oloví is from 1523. Since its foundation,

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

and to a lesser extent

silver Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical ...

were mined in the area, hence the town's name (lead = ''olovo'' in Czech). 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. Southern Sudetenland {, class="wi ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Oloví is twinned with: * Kastl, Germany

References

External links

* Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Sokolov District {{KarlovyVary-geo-stub