Nejdek, a town in the Rolavy valley.

The first written mention of the town dates back to 1340. At this time, tin mining began here. A castle and a parish church were apparently built in this century. In the 14th and 16th centuries, tin mining reached its peak. It was primarily the merit of the Šlik family of Loket. Trouble arose during the Thirty Years' War, when the local castle was probably demolished. The recovery came with the mining of iron ore. It was necessary to build…