Karlovy Vary District

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Karlovy Vary District Okres Karlovy Vary
District
Karlovy Vary city
District location in the Karlovy Vary Region within the Czech Republic
Municipalities of Karlovy Vary District
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Karlovy Vary Region
Capital	Karlovy Vary
Area
• Total	1,514.95 km² (584.93 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	117,783
• Density	77/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Karlovy Vary District (Czech: Okres Karlovy Vary) is a district (okres) within the Karlovy Vary Region (Karlovarský kraj) of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Karlovy Vary.

Complete list of towns and villages

Abertamy - Andělská Hora - Bečov nad Teplou - Bochov - Boží Dar - Božičany - Březová - Černava - Chodov - Chyše - Čichalov - Dalovice - Děpoltovice - Hájek - Horní Blatná - Hory - Hroznětín - Jáchymov - Jenišov - Karlovy Vary - Kolová - Krásné Údolí - Krásný Les - Kyselka - Merklín - Mírová - Nejdek - Nová Role - Nové Hamry - Ostrov - Otovice - Otročín - Pernink - Pila - Potůčky - Pšov - Sadov - Smolné Pece - Stanovice - Stráž nad Ohří - Stružná - Šemnice - Štědrá - Teplá - Teplička - Toužim - Útvina - Valeč - Velichov - Verušičky - Vojkovice - Vrbice - Vysoká Pec - Žlutice

Gallery

Teplá River in spa city of Karlovy Vary
Market Place with Market Colonnade and Holy Trinity Column in Karlovy Vary
A hot spring in Karlovy Vary
Becherovka liquor, “the thirteenth spring” of Karlovy Vary
Thermal Hotel during annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Bath I (Imperial Bath) in Karlovy Vary by Fellner & Helmer
Baroque St. Mary Magdalene Church in Karlovy Vary by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer
Flower calendar and Bath V (Elisabeth Bath) in Smetana Park, Karlovy Vary
Main Post Office in Karlovy Vary
Diana Funicular in Karlovy Vary
Tiny town of Boží Dar on hilltops of Ore Mountains
TV tower and hotel on Mt. Klínovec (1244 m), the highest peak of the whole Ore Mountains
Town of Ostrov with Mt. Klínovec in the background
Old town square in Ostrov
House of Culture in Ostrov; the newer part of the town is a prominent example of 1950s architecture in style of socialist realism
Town square with SS Joachim and Anne Church in old mining town of Jáchymov dates from times of silver rush in early 16th century. The word dollar derives from name of this town.
Defunct ore mine (nowadays a museum) in Jáchymov. The element of radium was discovered from local rocks.
Spa hotels in Jáchymov
Church of Fourteen Holy Helpers in Abertamy
Traditional timber-framed house in Abertamy
Renaissance St. Lawrence church in Horní Blatná shows strong architectural influence from neighbouring Saxony
Village of Pernink, upper part
Hikers in Pstruží near Merklín
Houses in town square of Nejdek
Class 814 diesel multiple unit on railway line Karlovy Vary – Johanngeorgenstadt in Nové Hamry
Granite rocks of Svatošské skály towering above the Ohře River near Hory
Chateau and castle in Bečov nad Teplou
Ruin of Hartenštejn Castle near Bochov
Chateau in Chyše. Writer Karel Čapek was employed here as a tutor in his youth.
Town of Žlutice
SS Peter and Paul church in Žlutice
Hill of Vladař (693 m) near Žlutice with remains of a Celtic oppidum from late first millennium BCE

External links

List of towns and villages of the Karlovy Vary District

v t e Districts of the Karlovy Vary Region

Cheb Karlovy Vary Sokolov

Coordinates: 50°13′56″N 12°52′17″E / 50.23222°N 12.87139°E / 50.23222; 12.87139

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