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Horní Blatná (German: Bergstadt Platten) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone.

Horní Blatná
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General view of the town
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Horní Blatná
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°23′23″N 12°46′3″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionKarlovy Vary
DistrictKarlovy Vary
Founded1532
Government
 • MayorRobert Petro
Area
 • Total5.63 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation
888 m (2,913 ft)
Population
 (2022-01-01)[1]
 • Total361
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
362 37
Websitewww.horni-blatna.cz

History


The settlement of the area was closely connected with tin mining, the origins of which date back to the end of the 15th century. Horní Blatná was founded as a mining town in 1532. In 1548, it was promoted to a royal mining town by Emperor Ferdinand I and obtained various privileges.[2]

The economic situation of the town was bolstered by opening of the railway line Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt in 1899.

According to the census of 1921, the town had the population of 2,163. 2,090 were Germans, 14 Czechoslovaks and 58 foreigners. Vast majority of the inhabitants were Roman Catholics, complemented by 62 Protestants and two people without religion.[3]

From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. After World War II, the town was returned to Czechoslovakia and the local German population expelled.


References


  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
  2. "Horní Blatná" (in Czech). Město Horní Blatná. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  3. Statistický lexikon obcí v Republice Československé (2nd ed.). Prague: Státní úřad statistický. 1924. p. 235.


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