Kámen (Kraslice)

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Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Sokolov
Municipality :	Kraslice
Area :	248.73 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 18 ' N , 12 ° 25' E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '9 " N , 12 ° 24' 57" E
Height:	700 m nm
Residents :	12 (2011)
traffic
Street:	Kraslice - Luby

Kámen (German Stein am Hohen Stein ) is a district of Kraslice in the Czech Republic .

geography

Geographical location

Entrance to Kámen from the direction of Kostelní

Kámen is located six kilometers north of Luby near the border with Germany in the Okres Sokolov . The location is 700 m nm on the right-hand slope of the Zadní Liboc stream, directly at the eastern foot of the Vysoký kámen (773 m).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring towns are Počátky in the northeast, Kostelní in the east and Valtéřov in the south. West is located in the border with Germany Vogtlandkreis the Erlbacher district Eubabrunn and in the northwest Erlbach.

history

The place is first mentioned in writing in 1301 as the seat of a patron of the bailiffs of Plauen with the name Villa Steyn . The place name Stein is derived from the nearby quartzite rock Hoher Stein .

Until 1850 the village belonged to the Schönbach rulership and then as a district to Kirchberg . In 1919 Stein became an independent municipality. Because of the nearby "Hohen Stein", it was a popular destination , especially for hikers from the neighboring Saxon Vogtland .

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

Before the German population was expelled after the Second World War , Stein had 45 houses and around 250 residents. Because of the proximity to the border, there was no new settlement and the houses fell into disrepair.

In 1976 Kámen was incorporated into Kraslice.

A large part of the area is used by a local farm as pasture. Stables and other partly dilapidated agricultural buildings characterize the townscape.

Population development

year	population
1869	133
1880	157
1890	191
1900	222
1910	251

year	population
1921	268
1930	251
1950	17th
1961	10
1970	16

year	population
1980	4th
1991	6th
2001	11
2011	12

Culture and sights

Quartzite rocks Vysoký kámen
The Church of St. Aegidius in neighboring Kostelní , which is actually the local church of stone, is also called "church of stone".

Web links

Commons : Kámen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 14, 2016 (Czech).

[Historický_lexikon-1] Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 14, 2016 (Czech).