The story
The first written mention of Prášily is from 1732. In 1749, Lorenz Gattermayer bought the area from Countess Mansfeld and founded here two glassworks. After the Seven Years' War, Gattermayer had to sell Prášily due to debts. The new owners were the Kinsky family, who leased the glassworks to the Abele family. During their era, tens of thousands of mirrors were produced in Prášily and the village experienced the greatest development. The school was opened in 1787 and the construction of the church began in 1793.
In the early 1820s, glass factories disappeared due to competition. Lumberjacks moved into the abandoned houses. A paper mill was established in the buildings of the glass grinding mills in 1918, but it was destroyed by fire in 1933. Before World War I, the area was acquired by the Schwarzenberg family, who owned it until 1930.
After World War II, the German-speaking population was expelled.
From Wikipedia’s article on Prášily, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4