Opatov (Luby)

Opatov
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Cheb
Municipality :	Luby
Area :	1105 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 15 ' N , 12 ° 25' E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '10 " N , 12 ° 25' 28" E
Height:	590 m nm
Residents :	38 (2011)
Postal code :	351 37
License plate :	K
traffic
Street:	Luby - Krajková

Opatov ( German Abtsroth ) is a district of the city of Luby in the Czech Republic .

Geographical location

The village is located one and a half kilometers east of Luby on the southwest slope of Opatovský vrch (650 m) above the source of the Opatovský creek. The settlements Libocký Důl ( Leibitschgrund ), Pětidomí ( Funfhaus ) and Zálubí ( Egetten ) belong to Opatov .

history

Many places in the Schönbacher Ländchen were founded by the Waldsassen monastery , which Rüdiger von Sparneck acquired in 1348 . From the middle of the 19th century, Abtsroth formed a community in the judicial district of Wildstein or district of Eger .

In 1939 Abtsroth counted 877 inhabitants with the districts of Egetten, Fünfhaus and Leibitschgrund. Between 1938 and 1945 the community was part of the German district of Eger . In 1960 it was incorporated into Luby.

Population development

year	population
1869	598
1880	720
1890	889
1900	907
1910	1055

year	population
1921	941
1930	950
1950	235
1961	167
1970	145

year	population
1980	68
1991	52
2001	40
2011	38

literature

Karl Mädler: On the history of the Schönbacher Ländchen . In: Our Egerland. Series of publications for living home care . Issue 25. Wunsiedel 1925. pp. 41-46.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 9, 2016 (Czech).
↑ Peter Braun: The Lords of Sparneck. Family tree, distribution, brief inventory . In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 82, Bayreuth 2002. p. 86.
^ Alban Freiherr von Dorbenck : History of the extinct family of the von Sparneck . In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 22, Issue 3, 1905, pp. 1-65 and Volume 23, Issue 1, 1906, pp. 1-56. Reprint: ISBN 9783837087178 .
↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Eger. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[Historický_lexikon-1] Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 9, 2016 (Czech).

[2] Peter Braun: The Lords of Sparneck. Family tree, distribution, brief inventory . In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 82, Bayreuth 2002. p. 86.

[3] Alban Freiherr von Dorbenck : History of the extinct family of the von Sparneck . In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 22, Issue 3, 1905, pp. 1-65 and Volume 23, Issue 1, 1906, pp. 1-56. Reprint: ISBN 9783837087178 .

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Eger. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).