Vejprty (; german: Weipert) is a town in

Chomutov District Chomutov District ( cs, okres Chomutov) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Chomutov. List of municipalities Bílence - Blatno - Boleboř - Březno ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 2,700 inhabitants. It lies along the border with

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Administrative parts

Villages of České Hamry and Výsada are administrative parts of Vejprty.

Geography

Vejprty is located about west of

Chomutov Chomutov (; german: Komotau) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. There are almost 80,000 inhabitants in the city's wider metropolitan area. The city centre is well preserved and is protec ...

and southeast 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. ...

. It lies in the Ore Mountains. The highest point is below the top of the mountain Vlčí kopec, at above sea level. The territory stretches along the border with

, from which it is separated by the Polana stream. It borders the German municipalities of

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and

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History

The first written mention of Vejprty is from 1506. In 1550, silver ore was discovered in the area. The mining settlement of Neugeschrei was established near the newly created

adit An adit (from Latin ''aditus'', entrance) is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, ventilated, and minerals extracted at the lowest convenient level. Adits ...

, today the local part of Vejprty under the name Nové Zvolání. In 1607, Emperor

Rudolf II Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–160 ...

allowed all the miners and craftsmen settled here to deal freely with their property. Vejprty was promoted to a royal mining town in 1617. Vejprty was badly damaged during the

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by the army of

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, and the mines were flooded. In 1688, mining was resumed and the town began to flourish again. In the first half of the 18th century, however, profitability began to decline, and mining stopped in 1751. Although mining resumed briefly in the 19th century, it ended for good in 1845. The livelihood of the inhabitants was thus gradually reoriented to the manufacture of

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s and to

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making. Rapid development took place in the second half of the 19th century. It was helped by the establishment of the Chomutov–Vejprty railway, which was put into operation in 1872.

Notable people

Ottokar Tumlirz Ottokar Tumlirz (17 January 1856 – 4 May 1928) was an Austrian physicist. He received his education at the University of Prague, obtaining his doctorate with a thesis on the expansion of sound and light waves (1879). At Prague he worked as an ...

(1856–1928), Austrian physicist *

Theodor Innitzer Theodor Innitzer (25 December 1875 – 9 October 1955) was Archbishop of Vienna and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Early life Innitzer was born in Neugeschrei (Nové Zvolání), part of the town Weipert (Vejprty) in Bohemia, at that time Au ...

(1875–1955), cardinal and Archbishop of Vienna *

Wilhelm Dick Wilhelm Josef Dick (10 September 1897 –1980) was a Czechoslovak ski jumper who competed in the 1920s. He won two ski jumping medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1925 and a silver in 1927. At the 1926 FIS Nordic Wor ...

(1897–1980), German ski jumper *

Viktor Petermann Viktor Petermann (26 May 1916 – 19 May 2001) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or suc ...

(1916–2001), German Luftwaffe fighter ace *

Walter W. Müller Walter Wilhelm Müller (born 26 September 1933 in Weipert in the Ore Mountains) is a German specialist in the field of Ancient history of Yemen, ancient South Arabia and Semitic languages, Semitic epigraphy. After studying Semitic and Arabic studie ...

(born 1933), German academic

Twin towns – sister cities

Vejprty is twinned with: *

, Germany Vejprty also cooperates with

Gunzenhausen Gunzenhausen (; bar, Gunzenhausn, link=no) is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, northwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and southwest of Nuremberg. Gunzenhausen is a nation ...

, Germany.

Gallery

Vejprty - náměstí.jpg, Town square Vejprty 2018-04-29 Kostel svatého Martina.jpg, Church of Saint Martin Všech Svatých 1.JPG, Church of All Saints 14442-Weipert-1912-Blick von Bärenstein nach Weipert-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag.jpg, Vejprty in 1912

References

External links

* {{authority control Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Chomutov District Czech Republic–Germany border