Oloví (German: Bleistadt) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.
Oloví | |
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Town | |
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![]() ![]() Oloví Location in the Czech Republic | |
Coordinates: 50°14′44″N 12°33′3″E | |
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Region | Karlovy Vary |
District | Sokolov |
First mentioned | 1523 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jiří Mikuláš |
Area | |
• Total | 19.05 km2 (7.36 sq mi) |
Elevation | 528 m (1,732 ft) |
Population (2022-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,597 |
• Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 357 07 |
Website | www |
Villages of Hory, Nové Domy and Studenec are administrative parts of Oloví.
The first written mention of Oloví is from 1523. Since its foundation, lead and to a lesser extent silver were mined in the area, hence the town's name (lead = olovo in Czech).[2]
From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.
Oloví is twinned with:[3]
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