Stará Voda () is a municipality and village in

Cheb District Cheb District () is a Okres, district in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Cheb. It is the westernmost district of the Czech Republic. Administrative division Cheb District is divided into three Districts of ...

in the

Karlovy Vary Region The Karlovy Vary Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of the country. It is named after its capital Karlovy Vary. It is known for spas, which include Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně. ...

of the

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. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Stará Voda consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Stará Voda (323) *Sekerské Chalupy (115) *Vysoká (25)

Etymology

The name means 'old water' in Czech.

Geography

Stará Voda is located about southeast of

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

and southwest of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

, on the border with Germany. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the village of Stará Voda lies in the

Upper Palatine Forest Foothills Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

, but most of the municipality lies in the

Upper Palatine Forest The Upper Palatine Forest ( or ''Böhmischer Wald''; , ) is a mountain range in Central Europe that is divided between the Czech Republic and Germany. It is a part of the larger Bohemian Massif and the German Central Uplands. Geography The ...

. The highest point is the second highest peak of the entire Upper Palatine Forest,

Dyleň Dyleň () is a mountain in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. At above sea level, its summit is the second-highest peak in the Upper Palatinate Forest. The summit is located in the Stará Voda municipality. It lies about east of ...

at above sea level. The streams

Kosový potok The Kosový potok (also called Kosí potok) is a stream in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Mže. It flows through the Plzeň Region, Plzeň and Karlovy Vary Region, Karlovy Vary regions. It is long. Name The name literally means 'Comm ...

and Hamerský potok, which are notable tributaries of the

Mže The Mže (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic and shortly in Germany. It flows through Bavaria in Germany and through the Plzeň and Central Bohemian regions. It is the upper course of the Berounka, but usually is considered a separate river. U ...

River, originate in the southwestern part of the municipal territory. The

Wondreb The Wondreb (; called Nikolausbach upstream, ) is a river in Germany and the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Ohře River. It flows through Bavaria and Karlovy Vary Region. It is long. Etymology Both the German and the Czech name have th ...

River (here known as Mikulášský potok) also originates near the Czech-German border, but then it soon enters Germany.

History

The first written mention of Stará Voda is from 1380.

Demographics

Transport

The I/21 road, which connects the D5 and D6 motorways, passes through the municipality. The main railway line

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

–

via

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

runs through the municipal territory. The train station named ''Lázně Kynžvart'', which serves mainly the neighbouring town of

Lázně Kynžvart Lázně Kynžvart () is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is known for the Kynžvart Castle. Lázně Kynžvart is famous for its sanatorium, which is designed for chil ...

, is located in the territory of Stará Voda.

Sights

The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Vysoká. It was originally a Romanesque-Gothic building from the mid-13th century. It was gradually rebuilt and modified until 1847. In 1982, the roof was taken off and only the tower was preserved.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stara Voda Villages in Cheb District