Skalka (Hazlov)

Skalka
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Cheb
Municipality :	Hazlov
Area :	448.5151 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 11 '  N , 12 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 '38 "  N , 12 ° 16' 7"  E
Height:	612  m nm
Residents :	128 (2011)
Postal code :	351 32
License plate :	K

Skalka ( German  Rommersreuth ) is a district of the Hazlov municipality in the Czech Republic .

Crossroads in Rommersreuth

geography

Skalka is located three kilometers northwest of the center of Hazlov. About the same distance is Lipná to the southwest. To the west of the village is thick forest. Výhledy is one and a half kilometers north . In the east, almost three kilometers behind a forest, but without a direct road connection, is the Saxon Schönberg .

Development of the population

year population 1869 402 1880 419 1890 375 1900 374 1910 345

year population 1921 280 1930 295 1950 112 1961 80 1970 38

year population 1980 34 1991 34 2001 125 2011 128

Rommersreuther Switzerland

Skalka means "Felschen" in the Czech language, which is probably due to the Goethe rocks in a forest northwest of Rommersreuth. Because of their name, these go back to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's stay in the village.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/638129/Skalka-u-Hazlova
2. ↑ ^{a b} Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 5, 2016 (Czech). 

Web links

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