The City of Aš

The town of Aš is situated in the west of Bohemia, in the county of Karlovy Vary and the township of Cheb. It is situated in the so-called Hook of Aš and it is surrounded by Germany (Bavaria and Saxony) from 3 sides. Aš is the westernmost city of the Czech Republic. There is one border checkpoint with Germany right in Aš and couple other ones in the close environs of Aš. The name of Aš originated from a German name of a fish – grayling, which is seen in our town shield as well.

The first written notice comes from the year of 1270. During the 14th century the Zedwitz Family obtained the rule of the whole territory and they had been influencing the history of Aš for other 600 years. Since their influence, Aš remained the only protestant territory in our country after the Thirty-Year’s War. Since the 18th century, the textile manufacture had been developing and for very long time it had been determining the main industrial character of our region. In the town you can still see couple of historically significant buildings and monuments such as the town hall building and the museum, where you can see a very rare collection of 25.000 pairs of gloves in Europe. One of the oldest small monuments we can consider a couple of stone killing cross pieces. Their all-state evidence is administered right in our local museum. In Aš, you have this awesome possibility to see the Reformer Luther Statue, the only one in our country, and lots of other interesting monuments.

Our stone Bismarck view-tower on the top of the peak Háj is one of the most famous view-points in Aš.

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