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22-403: The town parts and villages of Černá, Čirá, Hraničná , Kámen, Kostelní, Krásná, Liboc, Mlýnská, Počátky, Sklená, Sněžná, Tisová, Valtéřov and Zelená Hora are administrative parts of Kraslice. The roots of the name derive from the medieval German Graz , meaning "trimmed conifer twigs ". The name Graslitz was then a diminutive of the word Graz. The Czech name Kraslice is a transliteration of

44-434: A balustraded mezzanine with more shelves above. These ten columns are carved in the shape of allegorical figures around book production: rag picker, pigskin maker, bookbinder, author, bookseller, critic... grotesque men bent under their burden of supporting the mezzanine level but also burdened by human foibles of their profession such as vanity, ignorance and boastfulness. The lindenwood carvings were completed by Karl Stilp ,

66-472: A border). The first written mention is from 1348. Successively, for roughly 250 years, the place does hardly appear historical documents. In 1608, Markhausen was founded again and is mentioned in a 1715 map of the Elbogen District by the minister cartographer Adam Friedrich Zürner . Back then, the settlement belonged to neighbouring Krásná . The inhabitants' economy based mainly upon forgecraft,

88-497: A post office, a customs office, a Gendarmerie station, a cinema, a public open air bath a factory, many craftsmen and traders. Municipal life included six registered clubs and two musical bands, frequenting the eight pubs of the village. The terrific situation at the Saxon border secured vivid commercial transit and tourism. Guests especially headed for the pubs, which hosted concerts and dances frequently. The more famous localities were

110-716: Is a Cistercian nunnery, formerly a Cistercian monastery, located on the River Wondreb at Waldsassen near Tirschenreuth , Oberpfalz , in Bavaria , Germany, close to the border with the Czech Republic . In the Holy Roman Empire it was an Imperial Abbey . The monastery, the first Cistercian foundation in Bavaria, was founded by Gerwich of Wolmundstein, a Benedictine monk of Sigeberg Abbey , with

132-461: Is from 1272, when King Ottokar II of Bohemia donated it to Jindřich the Elder of Plavno. During the rule of the lords of Plavno in the 14th century, tin, lead and silver mining has developed in the area, and Kraslice became a prosperous settlement. In 1370, it was promoted by Charles IV to a royal town. At the beginning of the 15th century, Kraslice became the seat of the robber knights, and in 1412

154-556: Is located on the railway line Sokolov – Klingenthal . Passenger services are provided by the railway company of GW Train Regio . The main landmark of the town centre is the Church of Corpus Christi. It was built in the neo-Romanesque style in 1893–1896 and replaced a dilapidated church from 1619. It is a three-aisled basilica with a prominent tower. Municipal slaughterhouse is a unique complex of Art Nouveau buildings, created in 1904. It

176-535: Is protected as a technical and cultural monument. Today it is privately owned and gradually reconstructed. Kraslice is twinned with: Hrani%C4%8Dn%C3%A1 Hraničná ( German : Markhausen ) is a hamlet and administrative part of Kraslice in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic . Hraničná is situated in the northern part of Kraslice along

198-500: Is situated in the valley of the Svatava River and its tributary, the stream Stříbrný potok. Kraslice lies in an area known for swarm type seismic activity. The last strong earthquake swarm was in 1986. The area was settled by German monks from Waldsassen Abbey in the 12th and 13th centuries. In the mid-13th century, a guard castle was built here and settlements were established around it. The first written mention of Kraslice

220-603: The Bavarian War (1504) the monastery, church, and farm-buildings were burned, but immediately afterwards rebuilt, and the new church was consecrated in 1517. In 1525, during the German Peasants' War , part of the buildings were again destroyed, and were restored by Georg III (1531–37), the last of the first series of abbots. From 1537 to 1560 in the course of the Reformation administrators were appointed by

242-720: The Brauner Hund (German for "brown dog"), the Schwarze Katz (German for "black cat") and the Reichsgrenze (German for "Empire's border"). In 1946, the German inhabitants were expelled and the municipality was repopulated from within central Czechoslovakia. In 1955, the demolition of the village was started to establish an uninhabited border strip. Until 1967, trespassing was strictly prohibited. Waldsassen Abbey Waldsassen Abbey (German: Abtei Waldsassen )

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264-650: The Peace of Westphalia Roman Catholicism was restored in Bavaria. In 1669, Waldsassen was restored to the Cistercians, and in 1690 Albrecht, first of the second series of abbots (who were six in number), was elected, regaining control of the abbey, but not its imperial immediacy . The buildings were sumptuously rebuilt in Baroque style after 1681 and the number of the monks again became considerable. The abbey became well known for its hospitality, particularly during

286-594: The Svatava river in the west of the Ore Mountains . It lies on the Czech-German border and is adjacent to Klingenthal . The settlement emerged in 13th century and belonged to Waldsassen Abbey , which colonized the area. The German name of Markhausen derives from its position at a border (or, demarcation; German Mark (border); Hausen from German Haus (house), i.e. from the fact that there are houses at

308-499: The German name and also literally means "blown easter egg ". Kraslice is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Sokolov and 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Karlovy Vary . It lies on the border with Germany, adjacent to the German town of Klingenthal . It is situated in the western part of the Ore Mountains . The highest point is the mountain Počátecký vrch at 819 m (2,687 ft) above sea level. The built-up area

330-528: The Reformation were noted for sanctity and learning; of them, Herman, the seventh abbot, and John, the seventeenth, as well as Gerwich, its founder, and Wigand, the first prior, are commemorated in the menology. From the middle of the 14th century, Waldsassen alternated between periods of prosperity and decline. Wars, famines, excessive taxation, and persecution by the Hussites made it suffer much. During

352-596: The civil authorities: Frederick III, Elector Palatine , named his brother Richard for this office. The monks were then forced to apostatize or flee, or were put to death. As a result, in 1543, the abbey lost its imperial immediacy to the Electorate of the Palatinate . For about a hundred years it remained in this condition, during which time it was almost completely burned down in the Thirty Years' War . After

374-581: The famines of 1702–03 and 1772–73, and during the French Revolution . Under Abbot Athanasius (1793–1803) science and learning were highly cultivated. When the monastery was dissolved and secularised under the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 it had over eighty members, who were dispersed with state pensions from the Electorate of Bavaria . The abbey was sold, and used as a factory for making cotton. In 1864,

396-831: The permission of his former abbot Kuno , then Bishop of Regensburg , and built between 1128 and 1132. The original community was sent to Waldsassen from Volkenroda Abbey in Thuringia , of the line of Morimond Abbey . The first abbot was elected in 1133, making this one of the earliest Cistercian foundations. Soon the abbey became one of the most renowned and powerful of the times. As the number of monks increased, several important foundations were made at Senftenberg and Osek in Bohemia , at Walderbach , near Regensburg, and in other places. In 1147, Conrad III , King of Germany , granted it reichsunmittelbar status, making it an Imperial abbey . Several of its thirty-seven abbots up to

418-460: The production of wood charcoal and mining. In 1610, Markhausen became a Katastralgemeinde . In 1847, 302 people lived there in 32 houses, then living mainly from agriculture and lace production. In 1930, Markhausen was an industrial community of 1252 inhabitants in 143 houses, of whom were 1,162 Germans, 37 Czech and 54 from other origins. There was a 4-form school, the Hraničná auxiliary fire brigade

440-529: The railway was built. From 1938 to 1945 it was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland . In 1944 a women's subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was established here. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 and the town was resettled with Czechs . Kraslice is known for the Amati Kraslice company, a manufacturer of musical instruments. The tradition of this manufacture dates back to 1631. Kraslice

462-622: The remains of the old abbey were bought by the Cistercian nuns of Floh-Seligenthal , who in the following year took possession, established monastic enclosure, and opened a school for the education of girls . At first a priory, the nunnery was raised to the status of an abbey in 1925. The Stiftsbasilika was declared a basilica minor in 1969. The library was built in 1724-6 in late Baroque and early Rococo style. Richly and intricately carved shelves hold thousands of volumes bound in white pigskin and dark calfskin. Ten carved columns support

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484-498: The town was looted by the army, which aimed to rid the region of robbers. The town did not recover until 1527, when it was acquired by Jeroným Schlick and made it a free mining town. Ore mining in the vicinity of Kraslice has been declining since the 17th century. From 1666 to 1848, the town was owned by the Nostic family. Mining was replaced by folk crafts, the textile industry, and the manufacture of musical instruments and toys. In 1886,

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