Horní Blatná

Horni Blatna ( German mountain town plates) is a city in the Czech Republic, near the Czech- German border at Johann George town in the Bohemian Erzgebirge. The German name of the place was originally only plates or plates at Carlsbad. But since it always came back to confusion with other places, such as with plates in Chomutov, the official designation mountain town set plates in the redefinition of the place names in 1918.

Location

Horni Blatna is situated in a valley of the comb plates plateau of the Bohemian Ore Mountains on the southwest slope of Mount plate ( Blatenský vrch ).

History

Plates was founded by Schneeberger miners who dug the Plattenberg since the 15th century for tin and soaped. Elector John Frederick of Saxony ordered on July 10, 1534, at the suggestion of the knight and Captain Hans von Weissenbach from Schneeberg of Torgau from the scheduled installation of a new mining town in the Ore Mountains. The town plan was laid out like a chessboard on the model, which was founded in 1521 mountain town of Marienberg and the brainchild of the Saxon mining officials Joachim Spansel. The area was drained, then schematically built church, school and town hall. Already in 1535 there were here more than 300 mines and tunnels. The Plattener mining area also included several Created in the 16th century, mining locations, including Gottesgab ( Bozi Dar ), Abertham ( Abertamy ) Zwittermühl ( Haje ) and Bärringen ( Pernink ). Only after the war Schmalkaldic the mountain town in 1546 ceded along with Gottesgab to the Kingdom of Bohemia. The mining income but were discharged until 1556 at the Saxon Elector, afterwards, Saxony and Bohemia shared the tithe. The mining industry reached mid-16th century its peak; In 1565 nearly 1,700 quintals were promoted. After that, the promotion went back because of inadequate developed mining technologies. In the Thirty Years' War, the promotion largely came to a standstill. The remaining population was predominantly Protestant in 1654 forced to leave the city. The majority went on the Saxon border and founded Johann George Town. The city was repopulated from the interior of Bohemia, but never reached the former size and importance. The making of bobbin lace, gloves and brass and iron goods (eg spoons ) brought at least one new modest rebound. 1850 was the seat of the municipality of the district court ( judicial district boards ) and belonged from 1910 to the district Neudek. The snow-sure location of the place favored by 1900 the development of winter sports. In the summer, many summer visitors stayed in place and recovered in a wooded area. In the census on May 17, 1939 2210 inhabitants were counted in the mountain town plates. After the expulsion of the largely German population of the town in 1946 began a strong decay of the place. Today about 900 people live in the town. Since January 23, 2007 Horni Blatna again has city rights.

The mining landscape Horni Blatna is a selected site for the intended candidacy for UNESCO World Heritage mining region Erzgebirge.

Traffic

Since 1899 there is a rail link across the border to Johann George town and inland over the Ore Mountains to Karlovy Vary ( Carlsbad).

There are regular buses on Pernink ( Bärringen ) and Ostrov ( Ostrov ) to Karlovy Vary.

Attractions

Horni Blatna is one of the best preserved mining town facilities of the 16th century in the Bohemian Erzgebirge. The city stands as a precious preserved example of a planned city founded mountain in much of a historical monument since 1992.

• Catholic parish church of St. Lawrence: The 1542 a wooden chapel was replaced in 1594 by a massive building (Tower of 1605/ 07). Your current Baroque appearance she received, 1754.
• Cemetery cemetery chapel
• Plattner Art Digging: The 1540 built for mining water about 13 km long trench art leads from Bozi Dar to Horni Blatna. Along the trench is partially on a nature trail.
• Well strašidlech
• Plattenberg

Look in the church of St. Lawrence

Cemetery chapel

Am Marktplatz

Personalities

• Johannes Georgi (1632-1707), educator, for over 50 years Rector in Johanngeorgenstadt
• Johann Bleyer (1639-1722), Saxon Landtag, mayor of Johann George Town
• Benedict Drechsler (1651-1690), Saxon Mountain intelligent man and chemist
• Adalbert Hahn (1750-1825), Father Hahn - the fist of the Ore Mountains
• Hans Soph (1869-1954), dialect poet and singer of the Ore Mountains