Bublava

Bublava (German: Schwaderbach) is a village and municipality in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has a current population of 319. The village is situated in the west of the Erzgebirge, near the German border, where Sokolov borders Saxony. The nextmost town on the Czech side is Kraslice, on the German side Klingenthal. The brook Bublavský potok flows through Bublava and the very peak of the Aschberg is found on its territory. The first mention in official documents dates back to 1601. Historically, Bublava has had a strong connection to the Aschberg areas of Klingenthal. Trade and intermarriage denied the divide given by the border, which once separated Bohemia (and, at times, Austria–Hungary) from...