Kopaniny (Aš)
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Kopaniny is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It is one of the nine town districts of
Aš is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.-History:Previously uninhabited hills and swamps, the town of Asch was founded in the early 11th century by German colonists. Slavic settlements in the area are not known. The dialect spoken in the town was that of the Upper Palatinate,...

. In 2001 the village had a population of 94.

Geography

Kopaniny lies 5 kilometres northeast from Aš, about 673 meters above sea level, and is surrounded by forests.

History

Kopaniny was probably founded in the 12th century, but it is first mentioned in 1315, as a property of the Feiltsch family from Sachsgrün. In the middle of the 14th century village belonged to Neuberg
Neipperg
Neipperg refers to:* Part of Brackenheim, Germany* County of Neipperg, a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1431, centred on Schwaigern, mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806...

 property, and in the late 14th century it was bought by the Zedtwitz
Zedtwitz
Zedtwitz is a noble house from Bohemia and Germany. Between c. 1400]and c. 1945 controlled region around town of Aš.* Curt Franz Wenzel Christoph Erdmann Zedtwitz, Graf von Moraván und Duppau...

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Progress of population of Kopaniny
Year 1850 1930 1947 1961 1970 2001
Population 635 914 297 219 177 94

Landmarks

  • Church of the Sacred Heart from 1890,
  • Ruins of the Zedtwitz castle,
  • German cemetery with Zedtwitz Tomb.
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