Vojtanov

Vojtanov
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Cheb
Area :	1019.1599 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 10 ' N , 12 ° 19' E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '58 " N , 12 ° 19' 17" E
Height:	518 m nm
Residents :	235 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	350 02 - 519 48
License plate :	K (old CH)
traffic
Railway connection:	Plauen – Cheb , Cheb – Oberkotzau
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	4th
administration
Mayor :	Jiří Mařík (as of 2018)
Address:	Horní Vojtanov 40 ; 351 34 Skalná
Municipality number:	539074
Website :	www.vojtanov.cz
Location of Vojtanov in the Cheb district

Vojtanov ( German Voitersreuth ) is a municipality in Karlovarský kraj in the Czech Republic .

geography

Geographical location

Vojtanov is located in the Bohemian part of the Vogtland , three kilometers west of the town of Skalná , right on the border with Germany and belongs to the Okres Cheb . The location is in the southwest of the Elster Mountains . Neighboring towns are Schönberg in the north, Starý Rybník and Skalná in the east, Františkovy Lázně in the south and Hazlov in the west. To the west is the abandoned town of Otov ( Ottengrün ).

State road 21 from Františkovy Lázně runs through the village and leads to the Vojtanov / Schönberg border crossing and to federal road 92 . East of the village is the Vojtanov station as a border station on the cross-border railway line Plauen – Cheb , which is also used by the Vogtland Railway .

Community structure

The municipality of Vojtanov consists of the districts Antonínova Výšina ( Antonienhöhe ), Mýtinka ( Rossenreuth ), Vojtanov ( Voitersreuth ) and Zelený Háj ( Hagengrün ). Basic settlement units are Mýtinka, Nádražní čtvrť, Přední Vojtanov, Vojtanov and Zelený Háj.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Mýtinka u Poustky, Vojtanov and Zelený Háj.

Neighboring places

	Bad Brambach
Hazlov (Haslau)		Skalná (Wildstein)
Poustka (Oed)	Františkovy Lázně (Franzensbad)

history

Voitesrewt was first mentioned in a document in 1299 and at that time it was the largest village in the Egerer Land. In 1455 the owner of the Seeberg estate , Anna Schlick , acquired the village from the Voitersreuter family from Eger. In 1660 Anna von Schönaich bought part of Voitersreut for her rule in Haslau . Parts of the village belonged to the Order of the Poor Clares and the Teutonic Order in Eger.

The village, which never had its own church, was originally parish to Schönberg and came to the parish in Unterlohma ( Dolní Lomany ) in 1653 in the course of re-Catholicization . In 1684, seven courtyards burned down in a fire.

Voitersreuth was given an upswing by the construction of the Chaussee from Franzensbad to Brambach in 1829 and the construction of the Voigtland State Railway from Herlasgrün to Eger in 1865. This resulted in industry, with the textile factories of Listner & Buchheim and Hüttner being the most important companies. From the middle of the 19th century Voitersreuth belonged to the judicial district Wildstein and district Eger . By 1937 the population had increased to 647.

After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Empire and belonged to the district of Eger until 1945 .

After the Second World War, the German-Bohemian population was expelled .

The place lives mainly from the border crossing and shopping tourism. In Vojtanov u. a. three gas stations, two barber shops, two as nightclubs called brothels and three run by Asian traders markets. Customs clearance was discontinued in May 2004 after joining the EU.