Stará Voda (german: Altwasser) is a municipality and village in

Cheb District Cheb District ( cs, okres Cheb) is a district ('' okres'') within the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Cheb. It is the most western District in the Czech Republic. List of municipalities Aš - Cheb - Dolní ...

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 afte ...

of the

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. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The villages of Sekerské Chalupy and Vysoká are administrative parts of Stará Voda.

Etymology

The name means 'old water'.

Geography

Stará Voda is located about southeast of

Cheb 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 Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of the German-speaking population ...

and southwest of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

, on the border with Germany. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the village of Stará Voda lies in the

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, but most of the municipality lies in the

Upper Palatine Forest The Upper Palatine Forest (german: Oberpfälzer Wald or ''Böhmischer Wald'', cs, Český les) is a mountain range in Central Europe that is divided between Germany and the Czech Republic. It is part of the larger Bohemian Massif and the German ...

. The highest point is the second highest peak of the entire Upper Palatine Forest,

Dyleň Dyleň (german: Tillenberg) is a mountain in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. At above sea level, its summit is the second-highest peak in the Upper Palatinate Forest. The summit is located in the Stará Voda municipality. It lie ...

at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Stará Voda is from 1380.

Demographics

Transport

The I/21 road, which connects the D5 and D6 motorways, passes through the municipality. The main railway line

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

–

via

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runs through the municipal territory. The train station named ''Lázně Kynžvart'', which serves mainly the neighbouring town of

Lázně Kynžvart Lázně Kynžvart (german: Bad Königswart, Königswart, Königswarte) is a spa town in Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is known for the Kynžvart Castle. Lázně Kynžvart is famous for its s ...

, is located in the territory of Stará Voda.

Sights

The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Vysoká. It was originally a Romanesque-Gothic building from the mid-13th century. It was gradually rebuilt and modified until 1847. In 1982, the roof was taken off and only the tower was preserved.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stara Voda Villages in Cheb District