Moldava () is a municipality and village in

Teplice District Teplice District () is a Okres, district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Teplice. Administrative division Teplice District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ext ...

in the

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

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Moldava consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Moldava (132) *Nové Město (40)

Etymology

The village was named after the

Freiberger Mulde The Freiberger Mulde (also called the ''Östliche Mulde'' or Eastern Mulde; ) is the right-hand, headstream of the river Mulde, whose catchment covers an area of in the Czech Republic and Germany in central Saxony. It has a volumetric flow of ...

River. In the first record the village appeared as ''Muldaw''.

Geography

Moldava is located about northwest of

Teplice Teplice (, until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; , ''Teplitz-Schönau'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 51,000 inhabitants. It is the most populous Czech spa town, followed by Karlovy Vary. The historic city cen ...

and west of

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

, on the border with Germany. It lies in the

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

. There are several peaks with an altitude of 800 m and more in the municipal territory; the highest of them is Oldřišský vrch at . The

and Wild Weißeritz rivers originate in the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Moldava is from 1346, when there was built probably a wooden church. The village of Nové Město was first mentioned in 1341. In 1560, silver was mined here, but the mining soon stopped. In the 1960s, the municipalities of Moldava and Nové Město merged.

Demographics

Transport

Moldava is the terminus of the railway lines from Ústí nad Labem and from Most, but they are only in operation on weekends. The municipality is served by two train stops named ''Moldava v Krušných horách'' and ''Mikulov-Nové Město''.

Sport

There is a ski resort on the Bouřňák mountain near Nové Město.

Sights

The current Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary was built in the Baroque style in 1687. Neoclassical modifications were made in 1851.

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Teplice District Villages in the Ore Mountains Ski areas and resorts in the Czech Republic