Výhledy (
German
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: ''Steingrün'') is a village in
Karlovy Vary Region
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,
Czech Republic
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. It is one of the six municipality districts of
Hazlov
Hazlov () is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Hazlov consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 202 ...
. In 2001, the village had a population of 37.
Geography
Výhledy lies 4 kilometres north of Hazlov, about 687 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by forests. It neighbour
Skalka to the south and
Nebesa and
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 ...
to the southwest. To the west and the east, there is the
German
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border.
A spring of
Bílý Halštrov river is located over the village.
History
Skalka was first mentioned in 1224. In 1526 the village was bought by the . From 1629, the village was part of Hazlov, and in 1850 it created its municipality with the village ''Neuengrün'' (which no longer exists).
In the 14th century, a small
stronghold
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was located in the village but was destroyed a long time ago. In 1890 a modern (at that time) school was built here, but it is no longer used.
Landmarks
* Calvary with
Most Holy Trinity motive,
* iron crucifix,
*
World War I
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memorial ''(in very bad condition)''.
Gallery
Image: Pramen Halštrova 2008-08-05.JPG, A spring of Bílý Halštrov.
Image: Výhledy WW1 Memorial 2009-03-22.jpg, WW1 memorial.
References
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Hazlov
Villages in Cheb District