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Lesná (Tachov District)

Lesná
Municipality
St Nicholas Church
St Nicholas Church
Flag of Lesná
Flag
Coat of arms of Lesná
Coat of arms
Lesná is located in Czech Republic
Lesná
Lesná
Coordinates: 49°44′34″N 12°32′54″E / 49.74278°N 12.54833°E / 49.74278; 12.54833Coordinates: 49°44′34″N 12°32′54″E / 49.74278°N 12.54833°E / 49.74278; 12.54833
Country  Czech Republic
Region Plzeň
District Tachov
Area
 • Total 84.29 km2 (32.54 sq mi)
Elevation 643 m (2,110 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 509
 • Density 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
Postal code 347 01
Website http://www.obeclesna.cz

Lesná (German: Schönwald) is a village and municipality (obec) of Tachov District in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic.

Lesná lies in the Upper Palatine Forest (Český les) mountain range at 643 m (2,110 ft), close to the border with Germany. It is located approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Tachov, 60 km (37 mi) west of Plzeň, and 140 km (87 mi) west of Prague. Southeast of the village is the source of the Kateřinský potok, the headwater of the Pfreimd River.

The municipality includes the cadastral communities of Bažantov (Wosant), Česká Ves u Lesné (Böhmischdorf), Jedlina (Neu Losimthal), Lesná u Tachova, Pavlův Studenec 1 (Inselthal), Písařova Vesce (Albersdorf), Stará Knížecí Huť (Altfürstenhütte), and Zahájí u Lesné (Waldheim).

The municipal area comprises extended woodlands stretching up to the neighbouring German municipalities of Flossenbürg and Georgenberg in the west, where several former villages have been abandoned after the implementation of the Iron Curtain. Since 1997 parts of the forests are protected as the Křížový kámen nature reserve.

The Bohemian settlement was first mentioned in a 1349 deed. It is one of the oldest villages in the formerly inaccessible mountain region, located on a trade route from the Kingdom of Bohemia into the Bavarian Upper Palatinate region.

In the late 16th century, Paul Schürer from Saxony ran a glass factory at Zahájí and in 1592 received the noble title von Waldheim from the hands of Emperor Rudolf II in his capacity as King of Bohemia. In 1607 Schürer purchased large estates in the remote area, which were colonised by German-speaking settlers, later referred to as Sudeten Germans.


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