Aš (Czech pronunciation: [aʃ]; German: Asch) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.
Previously uninhabited hills and swamps, the town Asch was founded in the 11th century by German colonists. Slavic settlements in the area are not known. The dialect spoken in the town was that of the Upper Palatinate, also known as northern Bavarian. In the adjacent Saxon Vogtland, which borders Karlovy Vary on the north, this dialect is only...
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Aš (Czech pronunciation: [aʃ]; German: Asch) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.
Previously uninhabited hills and swamps, the town Asch was founded in the 11th century by German colonists. Slavic settlements in the area are not known. The dialect spoken in the town was that of the Upper Palatinate, also known as northern Bavarian. In the adjacent Saxon Vogtland, which borders Karlovy Vary on the north, this dialect is only found in localities lying on the Czech border such as Adorf and Markneukirchen. The Upper Palatinate dialect has a stronger presence in the Bad Brambach region, where it is known as Southern Vogtlandic (Südvogtländisch).
The first recorded rulers were the Vögte von Weida, who gave the Bohemian Vogtland region its name. In 1281, they turned control of the region over to the Holy Roman Emperor.
1331 – Herr von Neuberg puts his town and lands under protection of Elector and king John I of Bohemia
1394 – Konrad von Neuburg dies without a male...
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