Plesná (Cheb District)

Plesná
Plesná
Town
	View of the town
	Flag Coat of arms
	Plesná Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°10′14″N 12°21′41″E / 50.17056°N 12.36139°ECoordinates: 50°10′14″N 12°21′41″E / 50.17056°N 12.36139°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Karlovy Vary
District	Cheb
First mentioned	1185
Government
• Mayor	Petr Schaller
Area
• Total	19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi)
Elevation	499 m (1,637 ft)
Population (2021-01-01)
• Total	1,969
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	351 35
Website	www.mestoplesna.cz

Plesná (German: Fleißen) is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts[]

Villages of Lomnička, Smrčina and Vackov are administrative parts of Plesná.

History[]

The first written mention of Plesná is from 1185, when it belonged to Waldsassen Abbey. In 1900 Plesná became a town.^[2]

Sights[]

There are ruins of Neuhaus castle located approximately two kilometres to the south of the town. It could be a mansion of ministeriales of Plesná mentioned in 1197, but according to another source, it is a different mansion of unknown origin.^[3]^[4]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Plesná is twinned with:^[5]

Bad Brambach, Germany
Eichenzell, Germany
Erbendorf, Germany
Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Germany

Gallery[]

Church
Town centre
Stone circle

References[]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
^ "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Plesná. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ DURDÍK, Tomáš (2002). Ilustrovaná encyklopedie českých hradů. Prague: Libri. 736 p. pp. 377–378. ISBN 80-7277-003-9. OCLC 314228940.
^ DURDÍK, Tomáš (2011). Ilustrovaná encyklopedie českých hradů: Dodatky 4. Prague: Libri. 164 p. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-80-7277-489-0. OCLC 912791609.
^ "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Plesná. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.

[2] "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Plesná. Retrieved 2021-06-07.

[3] DURDÍK, Tomáš (2002). Ilustrovaná encyklopedie českých hradů. Prague: Libri. 736 p. pp. 377–378. ISBN 80-7277-003-9. OCLC 314228940.

[4] DURDÍK, Tomáš (2011). Ilustrovaná encyklopedie českých hradů: Dodatky 4. Prague: Libri. 164 p. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-80-7277-489-0. OCLC 912791609.

[5] "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Plesná. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

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Plesná
Town
View of the town
Flag Coat of arms
Plesná Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°10′14″N 12°21′41″E / 50.17056°N 12.36139°E / 50.17056; 12.36139Coordinates: 50°10′14″N 12°21′41″E / 50.17056°N 12.36139°E / 50.17056; 12.36139
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Karlovy Vary
District	Cheb
First mentioned	1185
Government
• Mayor	Petr Schaller
Area
• Total	19.26 km² (7.44 sq mi)
Elevation	499 m (1,637 ft)
Population (2021-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,969
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	351 35
Website	www.mestoplesna.cz