Hraničná

Hraničná ( German Markhausen ) is a district of Kraslice in Okres Sokolov in the Czech Republic, located on the Zwodau in the Ore Mountains between Kraslice and blades valley on the border with Germany.

History

The settlement was founded in the 13th century and belonged to the monastery forest Assen, which colonized the area. The name Markhausen is related to the location right on the border with Germany against Klingenthal together (Mark for border and Hausen for houses - "houses on the border "). The first mention of Markhausen is from 1348 as part of the Schönbacher little country; in the later period then went out of the place. The inhabitants moved to the Mark Hausener Bach, one of the streams from the origin of the mountain.

1608 Markhausen was newly established; the place 1715 is mentioned on a subscribed by Adam Friedrich Zürner map of Loket circuit. The settlement belonged to the neighboring Schönwerth. The residents found their livelihood in the production of charcoal, mining, and the hammer works. 1610 Markhausen is the cadastral. 1847 had Markhausen 32 houses with 302 inhabitants, is now mainly subsisted on agriculture and the production of lace.

1930 Markhausen was an industrial town in the district Graslitz with 143 houses and 1253 inhabitants, of which 1162 German, 37 Czechs and 54 were foreigners. There was a four-class school, the volunteer fire department Hraničná, post office, customs office, police station, cinema, outdoor swimming pool, a factory, artisans and merchants. The social life took place in the six clubs and two bands and mainly in the eight existing in the village restaurants. Convenient location on the border with Saxony secured Markhausen the heavy traffic in trade and tourism. The aim of the visitors were especially mentioned taverns, took place in their concerts and dance events; well known were the " Brown Dog ", the " frontier " and " Black Cat". Between 1938 and 1945, the village belonged to the German district Graslitz. 1946, the German inhabitants were expelled. The village was in 1947 the new name Hraničná (such as " frontier village ", a more appropriate to also in other cases as Paadorf artificial name). Since the place was first inhabited by residents from the interior of Czechoslovakia again, Markhausen had 1948 220 inhabitants in the year. 1955, however, began the demolition of the village to, as elsewhere, to create an uninhabited frontier zone; the entry was forbidden until 1967.

After the Velvet Revolution they took advantage of the favorable situation on the border with Germany for three new restaurants, two gas stations and a Asian market. The road between Klingenthal and Kraslice is free for cars and is intensely busy.

Demographics

Based on the census can be detected following development of the population. The summit of the population was then reached around the year 1910:

• Place in Okres Sokolov
• District in the Czech Republic
• Kraslice