Plasy

Plasy consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Plasy (1,891)
• Babina (214)
• Horní Hradiště (168)
• Lomnička (80)
• Nebřeziny (179)
• Žebnice (158)

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Plasy is located about {{convert|19|km}} north of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Spálená hora at {{convert|514|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Střela River flows through the town.

File:Konvent Plasy.jpg

The foundation of the town is connected with the foundation of the Cistercian monastery. The Plasy Monastery was founded in 1144 by then Prince Vladislaus II. The monastery experienced the greatest development during the reign of King Wenceslaus I, and its property gradually grew to cover 50 surrounding villages. The development of the monastery ended during the Hussite Wars, when it was burned down in 1421.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.plasy.cz/mesto/historie/|publisher=Město Plasy|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-26}}{{cite web |title=History of the Plasy Monastery|url=https://www.klaster-plasy.cz/en/about/history|publisher=Plasy Monastery|access-date=2022-09-26}}

The entire 15th and 16th centuries mean a period of deep decline. After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, the monastery's financial situation improved, most of it former properties were returned to it, and the construction of new buildings on the monastery grounds began.

The monastery was abolished in 1785 by decree of Emperor Joseph II. In 1826, the monastery building with the whole estate was purchased by Klemens von Metternich, who is buried here in the family tomb.

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|1869|2700

|1880|2777

|1890|2623

|1900|2623

|1910|2891

|1921|2896

|1930|3305

|1950|2783

|1961|2886

|1970|2836

|1980|2768

|1991|2691

|2001|2621

|2011|2572

|2021|2690

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

Plasy is located on the railway line heading from Plzeň to Žihle and Most.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Plasy|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/plasy/5475115|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-06-30}}

File:Klášter Plasy - okres Plzeň-sever (9).jpg

File:Plasy - Železárna - bývalá železářská huť svatého Klimenta.jpg

The monastery complex is the most significant landmark of Plasy, protected as a national cultural monument. It contains the former monastery, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Baroque granary with the Royal Chapel of Saints Wenceslaus and Mary Magdalene, and abbot's residence. In 1661–1666, the church was rebuilt in the early Baroque style. The new convent building was built in 1711–1740 by Jan Santini Aichel and after his death by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. Today the complex is open to the public and offers guided tours.{{cite web |title=Cisterciácký klášter|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/cisterciacky-klaster-14446078|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-30}}

The former Church of Saint Wenceslaus was built in the Gothic style and rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1690. After the abolition of the monastery, it was modified into the family tomb of the Metternich family.{{cite web |title=Hrobka Metternichů|url=https://www.plasy.cz/mesto/pamatky/hrobka-metternichu/|publisher=Město Plasy|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-26}}

• Mauritius Vogt (1669–1730), German geographer, historian, cartographer and musician; lived here
• Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), Austrian diplomat and politician
• Václav Levý (1820–1870), sculptor
• Viktor Stretti (1878–1957), painter
• Rudolf Jung (1882–1945), German Nazi ideologue
• Jiří Kornatovský (born 1952), painter

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