Plesná

Plesná consists of four 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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• Plesná (1,755)
• Lomnička (89)
• Smrčina (6)
• Vackov (8)

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Plesná is located about {{convert|15|km|0}} north of Cheb and {{convert|36|km|abbr=on}} west of Karlovy Vary, on the border with Germany. It lies in the Fichtel Mountains. The highest point is the hill Bukový vrch at {{convert|650|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Plesná River flows through the town.

The first written mention of Plesná is from 1185, when it belonged to Waldsassen Abbey. In 1900, Plesná became a town.{{cite web |title=Historie města|url=https://www.mestoplesna.cz/mesto/historie-mesta-/|publisher=Město Plesná|language=cs|access-date=2021-06-07}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|2907

|1880|3040

|1890|3239

|1900|3861

|1910|4725

|1921|4416

|1930|5425

|1950|2126

|1961|1996

|1970|2014

|1980|1883

|1991|1692

|2001|1982

|2011|2021

|2021|1858

|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}}}}

File:Plesna kirche.jpg

Plesná is located on the railway line Cheb–Bad Brambach.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Plesná|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/plesna/5474035|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}}

On the Czech-German border is the road border crossing Plesná / Bad Brambach and the railway border crossing Vojtanov / Bad Brambach.

File:Plesná kostel Neposkvrněného početí Panny Marie duben 2022 (3).jpg

The most valuable cultural landmark is the Lutheran church, located in the northwestern part of the town. It was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1847–1849.{{cite web |title=Evangelický kostel|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/evangelicky-kostel-11219919|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}}

A notable landmark is the Church of the Immaculate Conception. It was built in the Historicist style in 1893–1895. It is not protected as a cultural monument.{{cite web |title=Kostel Neposkvrněného Početí Panny Marie|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-neposkvrneneho-poceti-panny-marie-11219922|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}}

There are several conciliation crosses in the territory of Plesná. A set of three such crosses from 1864, situated in the western part of Plesná.{{cite web |title=Soubor tří kamenných křížů|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/soubor-tri-kamennych-krizu-15299131|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}} Another conciliation cross is in Lomnička.{{cite web |title=Kamenný kříž|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kamenny-kriz-15264877|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}}

In the southern part of the municipal territory are the remnants of the medieval gord called Neuhaus. Today, only landscaping is visible.{{cite web |title=Opevněný vrch Neuhaus|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/opevneny-vrch-neuhaus-20567165|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}}

• Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi
• František Nedvěd (1950–2010), weightlifter

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Plesná is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerská města|url=https://www.mestoplesna.cz/mesto/partnerska-mesta/|publisher=Město Plesná|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-18}}

• {{flagicon|GER}} Bad Brambach, Germany
• {{flagicon|GER}} Eichenzell, Germany
• {{flagicon|GER}} Erbendorf, Germany
• {{flagicon|GER}} Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Germany

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