Lomnička (German: Steingrub) is a village, ein Teil der Stadt Plesná im Bezirk Cheb der Region Karlsbad. It is about 2.5 kilometers east of Plesná. Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung des Ortes stammt aus dem Jahr 1348. In den umliegenden Steinbrüchen wurde eisenerzhaltiger Sandstein abgebaut. Im Jahr 1516 erscheint eine urkundliche Erwähnung des Schmiedemeisters Hannemann. Eisenerz was transported by car from Lomnička to Nejdek. Noch im Jahr 1784 is mentioned in der Lehensurkunde "Lomnička samt Mühle". At the beginning of the 19th century, Hamr was displaced by the emerging textile industry and the factories turned into a spinner and later into a web.
Jewish Cemetery
In 1793, Jews moved to the village and founded a Jewish cultural community and a Jewish school. In 1822, a Jewish cemetery and prayer house were founded. The Jewish cultural community was dissolved in 1895. The last Jew left Lomnička in 1901. Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of Reform Judaism in America, was born in the village on March 29, 1819. The local Jewish community is commemorated by a forest cemetery, through which a nature trail will take us.
Photo 1: Rabbi's house in Lomnička
Photo 2: Hiking trail to the Jewish cemetery
Photo 3: Jewish cemetery