Skalka (

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: ''Rommersreuth'') is a village in

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. It is one of the six municipality districts of

Hazlov Hazlov (german: Haslau) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Lipná, Polná, Skalka, Vlastislav and Výhledy are admi ...

. In 2001 the village had a population of 125.

Geography

Skalka lies 2 km north from Hazlov, about 612 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour with Hazlov to the south and with Výhledy to the north. To the west and to the east there is the

border.

History

Skalka was first mentioned in 1224. Until 1868 was a part of Hazlov, but in 1868 create an own municipality, with ''Otov'' (village, which not exist anymore). Skalka was often visited by J. W. Goethe. Goethe researched a

flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...

rocks over the village, which was later named after him. From 1970 is Skalka one of the six municipality districts of Hazlov.

The name of the village

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, ''Skalka'' is diminutive from ''Skála'', which means ''Rock''. The old German name, ''Rommersreuth'' is composite for ''Rommer'' (Rommer is name) and ''Reuth'', which means ''Glade'' or ''Clearing''; ''Glade of Rommer''. Johann Wolfgang Goethe connect the name Rommersreuth with

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settlement, but that is wrong.

Landmarks

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memorial from 1925, * Two iron crucifixs, one from 1856, * Frame house, * Goethovy skály ''(The rocks of Goethe)''- flint rocks, natural monument.

Gallery

Image: Skalka WW1 Memorial 2009-03-22.jpg, WW1 memorial. Image: Skalka column of the crucification 2009-03-22.JPG, Crucifix. Image: Skalka stone of Goethe 2009-03-22.JPG, The Rock of Goethe.

References

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