Hroznětín

Hroznětín ( German City of Light ) is a city in Okres Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.

Location

History

The first mention of the town was made in 1273 as Spitersgrün. The establishment is contacted with the blissful Hroznata († 1217 ) in conjunction, who founded the monastery in 1193 Tepl to the possession of the place originally belonged. Through numerous ore deposits ( silver, iron and tin), the place became a town. City of Light came to the Counts of Schlick, and later to the House of Saxe-Lauenburg, the Margrave of Baden and the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Following the decline of the mining industry developed the engineering, the leather and footwear industry, and tourism. On December 1, 1930 City of Light had 1971 inhabitants, on May 17, 1939, were in 1924 and on May 22, 1947 856 inhabitants. After the expulsion of German residents and the concomitant reduction of the population of the city rights were lost. Near the church is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Bohemia. Since January 23, 2007 Hroznětín is a city again.

Districts

The city Hroznětín consists of the districts Bystřice ( Long Green ), Hroznětín ( City of Light ), or (Eder Green), Ruprechtov ( Ruppelsgrün ) and Velky Rybnik ( Great Pond ).

The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Bystřice u Hroznětína, Hroznětín, OR and Ruprechtov u Hroznětína.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Matthias Tretzscher (1626-1686), an organ builder in Kulmbach
• Erhard Glaser (1870-1947), Austrian physician
• Herlinde Latzko (* 1944), German actress

Sister City

• Fuerth, Germany