Loket

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Coordinates: 50°11′19″N 12°45′05″E / 50.18861, 12.75139

Loket

Town

Flag	Coat of arms

Country

Commune

Municipality

Loket

River

Ohře

Elevation

427 m (1,401 ft)

Coordinates

50°11′19″N 12°45′05″E / 50.18861, 12.75139

Area

26.74 km² (10.32 sq mi)

Population

3,177

Density

119 /km² (308 /sq mi)

Founded

12th century

Mayor

Jaroslav Hlavsa

Timezone

CET (UTC+1)

- summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

357 33

Location in the Czech Republic

Wikimedia Commons: Loket

Website: www.loket.cz

Loket (German: Elbogen) is a town of some 3,000 inhabitants in the Sokolov district in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic.

Loket means "elbow" in english. The town is named this due to the town centre being surrounded on 3 sides by the Ohře River, and the shape the river takes is similar to that of an elbow. The town centre itself features Loket Castle, a 12th century gothic castle. The town centre is a national monument and as such is preserved from modern developments.

The town plays host to an annual opera festival, which takes played in an open air amphitheatre with the castle as a backdrop, and also plays host to the Czech Motocross Grand Prix. Loket was also used to portray Montenegro in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale

[edit] External links

Loket Castle (Hrad)

The Loket Castle by the Ohře River.

Loket
Loket website (English)

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