Kryštofovy Hamry (german: Christophhammer) is a municipality and village in

Chomutov District Chomutov District ( cs, okres Chomutov) is one of seven districts (''okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Chomutov. List of municipalities Bílence - Blatno - Boleboř - Březno ...

in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region ( cs, Ústecký kraj, , ), is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad La ...

of the

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. It has about 200 inhabitants. Kryštofovy Hamry lies approximately west of

Chomutov Chomutov (; german: Komotau) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. There are almost 80,000 inhabitants in the city's wider metropolitan area. The city centre is well preserved and is protec ...

, west of

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (, , ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway ju ...

, and north-west of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

Administrative parts

The village of Černý Potok, the hamlet of Mezilesí and the area of the former village of Rusová are administrative parts of Kryštofovy Hamry. The former town of

Přísečnice Přísečnice (german: Preßnitz) was a mining town in what is today the municipality of Kryštofovy Hamry in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It was located in the Ore Mountains. Name The town may have got its name from th ...

was also located in what is today the municipal territory of Kryštofovy Hamry.

Notable people

Richard Markgraf Richard Markgraf (13 March 1869 – January or February 1916) was a German Bohemian paleontologist. He is best remembered for his expeditions to Egypt, which discovered the first known remains of many extinct fossil reptiles, such as ''Aegyptos ...

(1869–1916), palaeontologist *

Eugen Sänger Eugen Sänger (22 September 1905 – 10 February 1964) was an Austrian aerospace engineer best known for his contributions to lifting body and ramjet technology. Early career Sänger was born in the former mining town of Preßnitz (Přísečni ...

(1905–1964), Austrian aerospace engineer

References

Villages in Chomutov District {{ÚstínadLabem-geo-stub