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Some time in the course of the 13th century a mining settlement appeared in the deep woods of Sumava. King John of Luxembourg bestowed the first mining privileges upon the village. These privileges were further extended by later sovereigns until, on July 18th, 1584, Rudolph II promoted Kašperské_Hory to the status of a Royal Mining Town. The town received its coat-of-arms in the same year. | |||
The arms show a city gate and two mining hammers. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:kasperskehory.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by Widimsky (1864) | |align="center"|[[File:kasperskehory.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms by Widimsky (1864) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:kasperskz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900. | |align="center"|[[File:kasperskz1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] The arms by Jan Čaka (1979) | |||
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[[Category:Plzeňský Kraj|Kasperske Hory]] | [[Category:Plzeňský Kraj|Kasperske Hory]] | ||
[[Category:Klatovy|Kasperske Hory]] | [[Category:Klatovy|Kasperske Hory]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1584|Kasperske Hory]] | |||
Revision as of 14:08, 6 December 2017
KAŠPERSKÉ HORY
Province: Plzeňský Kraj
District (Okres) : Klatovy
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
Some time in the course of the 13th century a mining settlement appeared in the deep woods of Sumava. King John of Luxembourg bestowed the first mining privileges upon the village. These privileges were further extended by later sovereigns until, on July 18th, 1584, Rudolph II promoted Kašperské_Hory to the status of a Royal Mining Town. The town received its coat-of-arms in the same year.
The arms show a city gate and two mining hammers.
 The arms by Widimsky (1864) |
 Seal from around 1900. |
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