Božà Dar
Bozi Dar ( German Gottesgab ) is a town with 201 inhabitants in the Bohemian Erzgebirge. The place is one of the most important winter sports centers in the Czech Republic and is considered the highest town in Central Europe.
- 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 4.2 people with connection to the city
Geography
Geographical location
Bozi Dar is located in the district of Karlovy Vary and the same region on the ridge of the Ore Mountains in 1028 m height. Gottesgab is located on a plateau in the central and highest part of the Erzgebirge mountain northwest of the wedge ( Klínovec ) on the border with Germany. By car border crossing to Upper Wiesenthal located at the entrance to our numerous cheap market formed, which is now housed in a large market hall.
Not far from Bozi Dar, in Börner meadow at 1215 m high Fichtelbergbahn, is on the German side, the main source of black water. One of the tributaries flowing directly by Bozi Dar and ends at the location of the previous new mill in the black water. Immediately southwest of the town is the 1115 m high Spitzberg ( Božídarský Špičák ).
Districts
The town Bozi Dar consists of the districts Bozi Dar ( Gottesgab ) Ryžovna (soaps) and Zlatý Kopec (Gold level ). Basic settlement units are Bozi Dar and Zlatý Kopec.
In the hallways are still the hamlet
- Myslivny ( Förster houses)
- Špičák ( Spitzberg houses), canceled
- Sonnenwirbel houses aborted
- Neklid ( balance )
The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Bozi Dar and Ryžovna.
History
The mining of silver and tin began 1517. Latter ore was washed from tin placer ores in mountain streams. A mid 16th century gold vein discovered was exhausted after about forty years. In order to meet the increasing number of people employed in mining worker justice, was founded in 1530 by order of the Elector of Saxony in the reign Schwarzenberg a mountain town. The name derives from the tradition was according to a saying of the sovereign: " This precious metal is your bread, which is a gift from God! " - Gottesgab. Before that was the name, according to legend wintergreen. 1547 Saxon mining towns Gottesgab and plates were incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia.
The Bohemian German population was expelled in 1945 for the most part. On 1 December 1930, the city Gottesgab 1048 inhabitants, on 17 May 1939 were 938 and on May 22, 1947 still 189 residents. In the 1950s, Bozi Dar, the city lost rights. Since 13 October 2006, is a city again.
Attractions
- The most important building of the church is the Baroque Church of St. Anna from the year 1772. Their bell is the work of Joachim Thaler tin and bell founder Hans Wild.
- God Gaber raised bog ( Božídarské rašeliniště ), which is crossed by an approximately three-kilometer trail. There are typical bog plants such as the rare dwarf birch.
- The Anton -Günther monument was erected in 1936 to mark the 60th birthday of the god Gaber local poet. It is located on the lawn in front of the town hall next to a memorial stone dedicated to the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis, who lived in the nearby houses scattered settlement Forester 1929-1931.
- Along the trench Plattner Art of Bozi Dar to Horni Blatna ( mountain town plates) introduces about twelve kilometers long trail.
- Below the mountain near the wedge ( Klínovec ) branches off a path to Dreiherrenstein from Oberwiesenthal.
- Transborder Anton -Günther - way
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Anton Thaddeus Peithner of Lichtenfels (1727-1792), Bohemian mining scientists
- Anton Günther (1876-1937), poet and singer of the Ore Mountains, was built at his 60th birthday in 1936 a monument
- Erwin Günther (1909-1974), Ore Mountain dialect speakers
- Ewald Roscher (1927-2002), a ski jumper and national coach of the ski jumper
People with connection to the city
- Kaspar Eberhard (1523-1575), German Lutheran theologian
- Lukas Bauer ( born 1977 ), Swedish cross-country skiers
Gallery
Baroque Church of St. Anne in Bozi Dar in June 2005
In the church of Bozi Dar
The peat bog with a view to Bozi Dar