Krásný Les

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Krásný Les (disambiguation) .

Krásný Les
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Karlovy Vary
Area :	2269.2991 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 22 '  N , 13 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '57 "  N , 12 ° 59' 37"  E
Height:	542  m nm
Residents :	329 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	363 01
License plate :	K
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	3
administration
Mayor :	Rudolf Kraus (as of 2010)
Address:	Krásný Les 20 363 01 Ostrov nad Ohří
Municipality number:	578045
Website :	www.krasny-les.cz
Location of Krásný Les in the Karlovy Vary district

Krásný Les ( German  Schönwald ) is a municipality in Karlovarský kraj in the Czech Republic .

geography

View of the place

location

Krásný Les is located on the southern slope of the Ore Mountains at the foot of the Klínovec .

Community structure

The community Krásný Les consists of the districts Damice ( Damitz ), Horní Hrad ( Hauenstein ) and Krásný Les ( Schönwald ). Basic settlement units are Damice, Krásný Les, Léno ( Holzbachlehen ), Plavno ( Holzbach ) and Vrch ( Egertl ). The Vršek desert ( Hüttmesgrün ) also belongs to Krásný Les .

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Damice, Krásný Les, Léno, Plavno and Vrch.

Neighboring places

Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal)	Loučná pod Klínovcem (Bohemian Wiesenthal)
Ostrov (Schlackenwerth)		Stráž nad Ohří (Warta)
	Vojkovice (Wickwitz)

history

The place was founded by German settlers. the bear mill and the basic mill as well as the heat mill in Hauenstein belonged to the place. After 1945 almost the entire German-speaking population was evicted and several houses were demolished.

Development of the population

year population 1869 544 1880 564 1890 533 1900 540 1910 534

year population 1921 488 1930 483 1950 1 289 1961 2 298 1970 2 218

year population 1980 2 168 1991 2 148 2001 2 169 2011 2 294

¹ Krásný Les with Léno, Plavno and Vrch

² Krásný Les with Léno, Plavno, Vrch, Damice and Horní Hrad

Attractions

• Hauenstein Castle and Palace ( Horní Hrad ) (13th century)

Web links

Commons : Krásný Les  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/578045/Krasny-Les
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/578045/Obec-Krasny-Les
4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/578045/Obec-Krasny-Les
5. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/578045/Obec-Krasny-Les
6. ↑ Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 16, 2016 (Czech).