Libavské Údolí

Libavské Údolí ( German Liebauthal ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located nine kilometers south-west of Sokolov and belongs to Okres Sokolov.

Geography

Libavské Údolí is located at the northwestern foot of the Imperial Forest on the edge of Egergrabens in the Valley of Libava ( Liebaubach ) that arises above the village from the confluence of Velka Libava ( Big Liebaubach ) and Malá Libava ( Small Liebaubach ). To the west runs the railway line Chomutov - Cheb; the nearest railway station " nad Ohri Kynšperk " located in Dolni Pochlovice. To the north of the Drsný vrch ( Mary Our Lady Mountain, 570 m) rises with a lookout tower.

Neighboring towns are Chlum Svaté Maří in the north, Dasnice in the northeast, and Chlumek Šabina in the east, and Silnice Arnoltov the southeast, Kolová in the south, nad Ohri Kynšperk the southwest, Dolni Pochlovice in the west and Horni Pochlovice in the northwest.

History

The colonization of the area is proven to the 9th century. North of Kolová on the mountain spur overlooking the confluence of Big and Small Liebaubach there was a Slavonic settlement.

The origin of the place Liebauthal is founded by Baron von Lenk Lengenfeld 1824 mill in the valley of Liebaubaches. Five years later, a small colony steering valley was developed around the factory. The brothers Franz and Ferdinand steering initially led a wage weaving. From 1858 the use of mechanical looms was. Two years later, the company was converted to a stock corporation. Work 563 looms in the factory at that time.

After the abolition of patrimonial Liebauthal / Libavské Údolí formed in 1850 a district of the city of Königsberg / Kinšperk in the district of Sokolov / Falknov. The Vienna stock market crash after the World Exhibition in 1873 ruined the company. In 1876 the brothers steering AG restarted production. From 1880, the construction of tenements for the workforce began. Through the construction of 19 apartment buildings with 208 apartments and 34 single-family homes in Liebauthal the population had grown to 600. A further twelve family houses had Stross build in the community Kogerau. In 1885 the company went bankrupt again. In 1892 it was sold to Ginsberg & Stross.

In 1907 the company was renamed to " Noe Stross AG ", the company became part of the United Textile factories Liebauthal and white water.

In addition to the textile factory Noe Stross AG operated in Liebauthal with the Ernst - Ludmilla - mine is also a small brown coal mine in civil engineering, which had 48 employees in 1938. After the Munich Agreement in 1938 Liebauthal slammed together with Königsberg the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district of Sokolov. During the period of National Socialism, the Jewish group of companies Noe Stross was expropriated. After linearization the factory was renamed as Liebauthaler textile works Fischer & Co. In 1942 a part of the production of the Schweinfurt ball bearing plant was outsourced to Liebauthal and housed in the weaving as " rolling operation of Liebauthaler textile works." For the work forced laborers were used from the occupied territories in the east. After the war, the village came back to Czechoslovakia and the Germans were expelled.

Around 1950 Libavské Údolí was incorporated into an independent municipality and Kogerava. The district was later given the name Kolová. In Kolová emerged in the 1950s to parts of the local corridors barracks of the Czechoslovak Army. After their task by the army, the object is now used as prison. The largest company in the municipality is the Libatex sro The village Libavské Údolí is surrounded by dense forests of the Imperial Forest.

Community structure

For the community Libavské Údolí no districts are reported. Basic settlement units are Kolová ( Kogerau ) and Libavské Údolí ( Liebauthal ).

Attractions

• Stary zámek, remains of a Slavic fortified settlement at Kolová