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Mseno ( German: Mscheno, later Wemschen ) is a town with 1476 inhabitants (12 September 2005) in okres Melnik, Czech Republic. Located at the edge of the Daubaer Switzerland creek in the headwaters of Košátecký and today is characterized mainly by tourism and small industry.

History

For the first time Mseno is mentioned in 1306 at the foot of a castle. In 1352, Hynek Berka of Dube receives the city of Wenceslas II bestowed the. In the 16th century tells of a golden age of craft and commerce, the city possessed at that time rich privileges. In the Thirty Years' War, the city is plundered by the Swedes and Saxons.

For a large fire in 1867 54 houses, including the town hall and the church will be destroyed. End of the 19th century, various small business developed and the city is Lokalbahnen to Melnik ( Melnik ), Mladá Boleslav ( Mladá Boleslav ) and Chotětov ( cowl Thal ) attached. An implantation of larger industrial companies remains on, however, that Mseno retains the character as a small country town.

After the cession of the Sudetenland to the German Reich in the years 1938-45 is Mseno border town. At the end of the Second World War to operate in the area of Mseno partisans, as the Group avenger of the nation.

After 1945, stagnating economic development, in recent times, especially the tourism is promoted. In 2003, the center was given the status as monument zone.

Community structure

To town Mseno the districts Brusné include 2.díl ( Brusnai 2 share ), Hradsko, Olesno ( Woleschno ) Ráj ( Rai ), Romanov ( Romanoff ) Sedlec ( Sedletz ) Skramouš ( Skramausch ) and Vojtěchov ( Albertsthal ) and the monolayer Vino (Weinberg ). The abandoned settlement Valečín ( Kreibichgrund ) is also located in the corridors of Mseno.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Vojtěch Živný (1756-1842), pianist and piano teacher Chopin
• Johann Baptist Pischek (1814-1873), opera singer at the Württemberg court theater