Bublava

Bublava
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Sokolov
Area :	614.9832 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 22 ' N , 12 ° 30' E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '26 " N , 12 ° 30' 11" E
Height:	735 m nm
Residents :	404 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	357 22
License plate :	K
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Igor Jirsík (as of 2018)
Address:	Bublava 389 ; 358 01 Kraslice
Municipality number:	560308
Website :	www.obecbublava.cz
Location of Bublava in the Sokolov district

Bublava ( German Schwaderbach ) is a municipality in Karlovarský kraj (Karlsbader Region) in the Czech Republic .

geography

Geographical location

The place is in the western Ore Mountains , in the Bohemian Vogtland near the Saxon border in the Okres Sokolov (Falkenau district). In the north rises the 936 m high Kamenáč (Aschberg), the highest point of which is in the municipality. In the south is the Olověný vrch (lead mountain ), 802 m, with a lookout tower and a mountain hut . The Bublavský potok ( Schwaderbach ) flows through the place, which gave the place its name.

Neighboring communities

	Dump hammer
Klingenthal		Stříbrná (Silberbach)
	Kraslice (Graslitz)

Direct neighbors of Bublava are in the south Kraslice (Graslitz) with the district Tisová (Eibenberg) and in the southeast Stříbrná (Silberbach). In the west, across the border with Saxony, is Klingenthal in the Vogtlandkreis .

history

The first documentary mention of the village, which was founded as a charcoal settlement, dates back to 1601. Later, mining formed the economic basis for the inhabitants of the place. After its decline, the cotton spinning mill moved into Schwaderbach with numerous house weavers. An economic boom after 1870 let the number of inhabitants increase. Many of them found employment in the manufacture of musical instruments in Graslitz or in neighboring Klingenthal. With the beginning of the twentieth century tourism developed. Winter sports in particular attracted numerous visitors. The village, which had previously belonged to Graslitz, received a new church in 1883, but was not parished out by Graslitz until 1908.

After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Reich and until 1945 belonged to the Graslitz district .

The population decreased drastically due to the expulsion of the German population after the end of the Second World War.

Population development

year	population
1869	2,410
1880	2,692
1890	3,194
1900	3,447
1910	3,914

year	population
1921	3,695
1930	4.106
1950	675
1961	668
1970	533

year	population
1980	363
1991	260
2001	336
2011	344

Culture and sights

Olověný vrch (lead mountain )

War memorial

Monument to the victims of fascism

economy

Bublava is best known today for its ski and snowboard area on the Olověný vrch (lead mountain).

In 1999 the municipality commissioned the establishment of a leisure center called "Aquapark". Construction began, but was never completed due to the suspension of state subsidy payments. Today the property stands as an investment ruin in the village and causes Bublava great financial problems because of open demands from the construction company.