Březová u Karlových Var
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Karlovarský kraj | ||||
| District : | Karlovy Vary | ||||
| Area : | 208.2991 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 12 ′ N , 12 ° 52 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 420 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 529 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 362 15 | ||||
| License plate : | K | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Miroslav Bilinský (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Hamerská 38 362 15 Březová |
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| Municipality number: | 537870 | ||||
| Website : | www.mesta.obce.cz/zsu/vyhledat-6369.htm | ||||
| Location of Březová in the Karlovy Vary district | |||||
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Březová (German Pirkenhammer , also hammer ) is a place in Okres Karlovy Vary ( Czech Republic ) with about 500 inhabitants.
Geographical location
The village is located in western Bohemia on the river Teplá ( Teplá ). To the west of the village is the Březová dam ( Pirkenhammer dam ).
history
The village emerged around the 17th century around the local mills and iron smelters. It was first mentioned in 1615 in the Petschauer Herrschaftsurbar . Hammer was part of the Funkenstein cadastre until 1713 . In the 18th century a paper mill and in 1803 a porcelain factory were founded.
According to the Munich Agreement , the place belonged from 1938 to 1945 to the district of Karlsbad in the Reichsgau Sudetenland , administrative district of Eger .
Mostly Germans lived in the village, most of whom were expelled after the Second World War . The place had no Czech name until 1945.
The place gained national fame through the Schützenmühle built in 1899 , a popular excursion destination for Karlovy Vary spa guests and the Pirkenhammer porcelain manufacturer .
Demographics
| year | Residents | Remarks |
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| 1857 | 975 | |
| 1869 | 1,287 | |
| 1900 | 1,635 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/537870/Brezova
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ a b weekly newspaper for Karlsbad and the surrounding area . Volume 10, No. 24 of June 11, 1870, p. 316, left column .
- ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 10, Leipzig and Vienna 1907, pp. 654–656 .