Dolní Nivy

Dolni Nivy ( German sub Neugrün ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers north of Sokolov and belongs to Okres Sokolov.

Geography

Dolni Nivy located at the southern foot of the Western Ore Mountains on Bach Lomnický creek. To the south large slag heaps of brown coal mining area close to the Sokolov Basin. To the west rises the Tvrdý Kopec ( 633 m ) in the north of Ovi vrch (662 m) and in the northeastern Holý vrch ( 644 m).

Neighboring towns are Mezihorská in the northeast, Horni Rozmysł in the east, Lomnice and Tyn in the south, Josefov, Luh nad Svatavou and Hřebeny the southwest, Boučí and Nové Domy in the west and Haj and Horni Nivy in the northwest.

The south adjoining villages Lesík ( Waldl ​​) Lipnice ( Lipnice ) and Dolni Rozmysł ( Deutschbundesort ) fell victim to the brown coal mining.

History

Neugrün was first mentioned in 1353 Abrecht Notthafft of Thierstein as the seat of the Knights Heinrich, Friedrich and Franz Presater in the wake of the sale of the farm Schönwerth.

1553 was the division of Neugrün in lower and upper Neugrün. It is believed that the owner of the rule were servants of silts Under Neugrün. As in 1598 on the territory of the rule near the border with Schlick 's possession of the Finkermühle should be established, the consent of Christopher Schlick was obtained.

For long ages was mining in the field of sub- Neugrün. At the Bartel mill a tunnel was drilled. However, the deposits showed a very productive and ore mining was discontinued. At the forest edge of the mining of clay took place in several mines. In Upper Neugrün mining was carried out on lead and silver. In Deutschbundesort since the 19th century were brown coal mines in operation. In 1840 had 220 inhabitants under Neugrün and consisted of 33 houses. Vicarage was Lanz.

After the abolition of patrimonial formed under Neugrün 1850 a district of the municipality in the district of Sokolov Zwodau. From 1880 the town was under Neugrün. 1885 was also the Czech name Dolni Neugrün use, which was amended in 1923 in Dolni Nový green.

1930, the village had 505 inhabitants, in 1939 there were 536 After the Munich Agreement, the community was incorporated into the German Reich under Neugrün and belonged until 1945 to the district of Sokolov. After the end of World War II, the place came back to Czechoslovakia and began the expulsion of the Germans. In 1948 it was renamed the village Dolni Nový Green in Dolni Nivy. 1950 Horni Nivy was incorporated. In the 1950s and 1960s, an intensive brown coal open pit mining operation began south of the village. In 1961, the municipality Boučí a district to Dolni Nivy. At the same time the dissolution of the community Rozmysł took place; whose district Horni Rozmysł was Dolni Nivy slammed.

Coat of arms

Description: Blue three golden ears of corn on a aufgebogenem green sign foot with gold cross set hammer and mallet stuck.

Community structure

The village Dolni Nivy consists of the districts Boučí ( Pichelsberg ), Dolni Nivy (sub Neugrün ), Horni Nivy (Upper Neugrün ) and Horni Rozmysł ( Roßmeisl ), at the same time also form Katastralbezirke ..

Attractions

• Chapel in Boučí
• Chapel in Horni Nivy, pseudo- Romanesque building
• Chapel in Dolni Nivy, pseudo- Romanesque building, achieved in 1900