Nový Kostel

Nový Kostel ( German Neukirchen ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers east of Plesná and belongs to Okres Cheb.

Geography

Nový Kostel is located in the valley of the brook Lubinka in the south of the Ore Mountains. West of the town runs the railway line Tršnice - Luby, the station Nový Kostel is located two kilometers west of the town in Spálené. East of the proceeds with the dam flooded the valley of Horka Libocký creek.

Neighboring towns are Božetín and Oldřišská in the north, Bernov in the northeast, Čižebná in the east, and Květná Kopanina to the southeast, and Lesná Hrzín in the south and Spálené in the West.

History

The settlement of the area in the 13th century by the Klosterwald Assen. The monastery sold 1348 Schönbacher Ländchen to Rüdiger von Sparneck. The following were among Fassa tablets Green, Ullersgrün, Frauenreuth, Ehmet, Kronndorf, Wallhof, Mountain, Hörsin, doubt Reuth, Mühlgrün, burning village, three green and Haid to rule Wallhof. Owners were three centuries the Mulz of Waldau, they were followed by Hartberger.

Neukirchen itself originated in the 17th century. At this time the rule Klinghart was a Protestant area. One of the few Catholics, who was supplying in Kulm after an illness, made ​​contacts for local Catholic priest Sebastian Christian. At whose suggestion was made in 1613 across from Klinghart the construction of a Catholic church, which was gepfarrt to Kulm. In 1657 the church was raised at the request of the landowner Mulz of Waldau the parish church. The resulting to the new church settlement was named Neukirchen. 1785 were in the village of 50 houses.

1840 led a long drought to famine. Ten years later, brought the military who billeted in the village, the typhoid. Neukirchen was a farming village whose inhabitants earned extra income with weaving. Later, it became a center of domestic violin making. The instruments were purchased by factors in Schönenbach and exported.

After the abolition of patrimonial Neukirchen formed with Brenndorf, three green, doubt Reuth, Ehmet, Krondorf and Wallhof 1850 a municipality in the district court or in the district of Eger Wildenstein. In 1900 the local train Tirschnitz - Wildenstein - Schönenbach started operations. In Brenndorf the station Neukirchen- focal village was established. Since 1921 also the Czech name Nový Kostel was used. 1930 lived in 1226 predominantly German -speaking people in the community. The greatest heyday became the village before the Second World War. After the Munich Agreement in 1938 Neukirchen was added to the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district of Eger. 1939 Neukirchen 1137 inhabitants. After the war, the community came back to Czechoslovakia and the Germans were expelled.

Community structure

The village of Nový Kostel consists of the districts Božetín ( Fassa tablets Green), Čižebná ( doubt Reuth ), Horka (Mountain), Hrzín ( Hörsin ) Kopanina ( Frauenreuth ) Mlýnek ( Mühlgrün ), Nový Kostel ( Neukirchen ) and Spálené ( Brenndorf ). Basic settlement units are boron ( Haid ), Božetín, Čižebná, Horka, Hrzín, Kopanina Lesná ( Wallhof ) Mlýnek, Nový Kostel, Smrčí ( Krondorf ) Spálené and Svažec ( Ehmet ). Nový Kostel to also include the settlements Nový Dvůr ( Three green) and Oldřišská ( Ullersgrün ).

The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Bor u Kopaniny, Božetín, Čižebná, Horka u Milhostova, Hrzín u Nového Kostela, Kopanina Lesná u Nového Kostela, Mlýnek, Nový Kostel, Smrčí u Nového Kostela and Svažec.

Attractions

• Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Nový Kostel, built in 1613, it was enlarged in 1776. 1845 lightning struck the church tower, which burned it; the bells melted. In 1884 the clock tower was installed.
• Statues of the Virgin Mary, created in 1716, and of St. John of Nepomuk from 1731, before the church.
• Church of St. George in Kopanina, originally built in the years 1768-1770
• Mansion in Kopanina built in the 17th century
• Historic granary in Kopanina
• Reservoir Horka