Krásná (Cheb District)

Krásná (German: Schönbach, Schönbach bei Asch) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. In the municipality is the westernmost point of the country.

Krásná
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Krásná Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°14′6″N 12°10′5″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Karlovy Vary
District	Cheb
First mentioned	1331
Government
• Mayor	Luboš Pokorný
Area
• Total	21.86 km^2 (8.44 sq mi)
Elevation	643 m (2,110 ft)
Population  (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	612
• Density	28/km^2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	351 22
Website	www.obeckrasna.cz

Administrative parts

Village of Kamenná is an administrative part of Krásná.

Geography

Krásná lies 1 kilometre northwest of Aš, about 643 metres above sea level.

It borders Aš to the south-east, Podhradí to the east and Kamenná to the north-east. To the south-west there is the border with Germany.

History

Old brewery

Krásná was first mentioned in 1331 as a property of counts of Neuberg. Around 1400 Krásná was bought by the Zedtwitz family. This noble house controlled the whole of the Aš region for almost 500 years.[2]

In 1642 a small castle was built here, but in 1828 it suffered a catastrophic fire. In 1898, a municipal brewery was opened, although it is no longer in use. The castle was torn down in the 1950s.

After World War II, because of the buffer zone, a few villages in the municipality (Štítary, Újezd, Elfhausen and Nové Domy) were torn down and became ghost towns.

From 1960 Krásná was one of the administrative parts of Aš, but in 1989 villages of Krásná and Kamenná separated and created a new municipality.

Population development

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 2,189 —     1880 2,479 +13.2% 1890 2,560 +3.3% 1900 2,993 +16.9% 1910 3,433 +14.7% 1921 2,406 −29.9% 1930 3,217 +33.7% 1950 641 −80.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1961 617 −3.7% 1970 506 −18.0% 1980 446 −11.9% 1991 434 −2.7% 2001 430 −0.9% 2011 507 +17.9% 2020 612 +20.7%

Source:[3]

Transport

A train station Aš-předměstí is located a few metres from the village. A bus stop is also located in the municipality.

Notable people

• Albin Dötsch (1872–1922), Austro-Hungarian politician

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Krásná. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky – 1869–2011: Okres Cheb" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.