Nejdek

The city Nejdek ( German Neudek ) belongs to the region of Karlovy Vary ( Carlsbad Region ) in the Czech Republic.

Location

Nejdek located in the Bohemian part of the Ore Mountains in the valley of the Rolava ( Rohlau ), a left tributary of the Ohře (Eger). To the north above the city rises the ridge of the tower- winning, 974 -meter-high Tisovský vrch ( Peindlberg ). The city is located on the ancient trade and pass road from Leipzig to Karlovy Vary ( Carlsbad), between upper Wildenthal and deer's ( Hirschenstand ) led across the border, but is now used only as a migrant border crossing.

History

The site was created by the mining, was first documented in 1340 and already in 1410 called Little Town. 1602 Neudek officially received city rights conferred.

Over 150 years, from 1446 to 1602, ruled by the Counts of Schlick over the place and helped him to a flower that came to an end by the Thirty Years' War. 1633 came the dominion of the Count Czernin, who established, inter alia, a new castle here. The first non- aristocratic owner of the domain was the wholesalers Anton Waagner from Leitmeritz, who acquired in 1810 Neudek. In the following decades, followed by numerous other changes of ownership.

In the late 19th century, the city developed into a major industrial center. Here, inter alia, the " iron Werke AG Rothau - Neudek ", worsted spinning mills and farms of wood and paper production were established. Neudek was since 1910 the seat of the eponymous district in the Kingdom of Bohemia (district Neudek ) and 1938-1945 of the district Neudek. Before 1945, included the settlements Gallows, reason Hahnberg, tap houses, high fir, Limnitz and Seifert mountain to Neudek.

During 1830 inhabitants lived here in 1978, the population increased to 1939 to 8441st On May 22, 1947, but were only 5748 inhabitants. Because of the Beneš decrees, the German inhabitants were expropriated in 1945 and sold.

The then independent market Goeggingen in 1954 he became the sponsor for all out of town and county of Neudek expelled Germans, which was continued after the incorporation Göggingens to Augsburg in the German territorial reform of 1972 by the Fugger city. 1984 there, the local history museum for the city and county Neudek was established.

Boroughs

The city Nejdek consists of the districts Bernov ( Bernau ), Fojtov ( Voigtsgrün ) Lesík ( Miihlberg ) Lužec ( chamber green), Nejdek ( Neudek ) Oldřichov ( Ullersloh ) Pozorka ( Gibacht ), Sucha ( Thierenbach ) Tisova ( Eibenberg ) and Vysoká Štola ( Hohenstollen ), at the same time also form Katastralbezirke. Basic settlement units are Bernov, Fojtov, Kraslická, Lesík, Letna, Lužec, Nejdek - sídliště, Nejdek - střed, Nová Sucha ( Neuthierbach ), Nový Fojtov ( Neuvoigtsgrün ) Oldřichov Pozorka, Průmyslový obvod, Stara Sucha ( Altthierbach ) Tisova, U Rolavy, of East Předměstí and Vysoká Štola.

Traffic

  • Neudek received in 1881 the railway connection after Chodov ( Chodau ) ( Okres Sokolov ). In 1899 the railway line Carlsbad Johann George Town was opened.
  • 1913, the roads to Black Bach ( Černava ) and Bärringen ( Pernink ) were created.
  • 1926 a bus line via the blast furnace ( Vysoká Pec ) and Trinksaifen ( Rudné ) to Frühbuß ( Přebuz ) was opened.

Economy

With approximately 1,500 employees Witte Nejdek is spol. s R.O. the largest employer in the city. In the halls at the old bus station locking systems for the European automobile manufacturers are produced. Witte Nejdek is a subsidiary of the German company Witte Automotive.

Attractions (selection)

  • City Museum with an exhibition on folklore of the Erzgebirge (Namesti Karla IV 238)
  • Tower of the ancient castle of a rock
  • New Castle (1653 completed )
  • Roman Catholic. Parish Church of St. Martin ( 1755-57 erected )
  • Evang. Church of the Redeemer (1904 built )
  • Trinity or Plague of 1715

Attractions

  • Lookout tower on the 977 m high Peindlberg ( Tisovský vrch )

Twin Cities

  • Johann George Town, Germany

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ignaz sickle Barth (1708-1780), Jesuit missionary, was the Chinese imperial court worked as a painter
  • Anna, Countess of the Asseburg (1830-1905), owned a mansion Neudek with Tüppelsgrün and the rule BElohrad
  • Friedrich Graf von der Asseburg (1861-1940), Prussian Major and Chamberlain, owner of the Castle Falkenstein in Harz
  • Rudolf Schreiber (1907-1954), the University and City Archives Director in Praha ( Prague) and Speyer
  • Heinz Metlitzky (* 1927), ZDF foreign correspondent
  • Hermann Lorenz (1928-2001), officer in the Prison Service of the GDR and the last of executioner
  • Dieter Janik ( b. 1939 ), Professor of Romance Philology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Persons with respect to Neudek

  • Johann Heinrich Volkmann (1842-1916), a Bremen merchant
  • Richard Gottlieb Wilhelm Ritter von Doderer (1876-1955), Austrian Industrialists
  • Härtl Adolf (1926-1976), German politician ( SPD)
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