Otovice u Karlových Var
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Karlovarský kraj | ||||
| District : | Karlovy Vary | ||||
| Area : | 441.7808 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 15 ′ N , 12 ° 52 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 417 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 916 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 362 32 | ||||
| License plate : | K | ||||
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| Street: | Karlovy Vary - Hroznětín | ||||
| Next international airport : | Karlovy Vary Airport | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Stefana Švecová (as of 2008) | ||||
| Address: | Hroznětínská 130 362 02 Otovice |
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| Municipality number: | 537969 | ||||
| Website : | www.otovice.cz | ||||
| Location of Otovice in the Karlovy Vary district | |||||
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Otovice (German Ottowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located three kilometers north of Karlovy Vary and belongs to the Okres Karlovy Vary .
geography
Otovice is located in the Falkenau basin . The Vitický vrch (451 m) rises north of the village. To the west and northeast are several disused lignite and kaolin pits.
Neighboring towns are Kocourek, Březinka and Podlesí in the north, Sadov and Nová Hospoda in the northeast, Vysoká in the east, Dalovice in the southeast, Bohatice and Sedlec in the south, Rosnice in the southwest, Čankov in the west and Mezirolí and Nivy in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of Otnawitz comes from the year 1325, when Johann von Luxemburg gave his loyal Kojata von Otnawitz 16 Hufen land between the Eger and the Tepla near Elbogen . From 1490, Egidius von Steinbach was the owner of Otovice. Under the Steinbachers, a manor was built as a fief of the royal Elbogen Castle . Subsequently, the village belonged to various nobles who were in the service of the castle.
From 1850 Ottowitz / Ottovice formed a political municipality in the Karlsbad district. In 1930 the community had 1,480 inhabitants. As a result of the Munich Agreement , Ottowitz was annexed to the German Reich in 1938. At that time there were five small brown coal mines in Ottowitz: the Jakobi-Zeche, Josefi-Zeche, Antoni-Eleonorenzeche, Caroli-Zeche and the Eleonorenzeche. In 1939, 1,445 people lived in Ottowitz. From 1938 to 1945 the municipality was part of the German district of Karlsbad and came back to Czechoslovakia after the end of the Second World War. From 1946 to 1960 Otovice belonged to the Okres Karlovy Vary-okolí and since 1961 again to the Okres Karlovy Vary. Between 1975 and 1990 Otovice was incorporated into Karlovy Vary .
Community structure
No districts are shown for the municipality of Otovice. Basic settlement units are Nové Otovice ( Neu Ottowitz ) and Otovice ( Ottowitz ).
Sons and daughters of the church
- Lothar Schämer (1940-2017), German soccer player