| Klabava | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Plzeň |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rokycany |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.7536°N 13.5394°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1401 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.50 |
| Elevation M: | 379 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 523 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 338 41 |
Klabava is a municipality and village in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Klabava is located about 4km (02miles) west of Rokycany and 11km (07miles) east of Plzeň. It lies in the Švihov Highlands. The highest point is at 413m (1,355feet) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Klabava River and on the shore of the Klabava pond, built on the river. However, the pond is located completely outside the municipal territory.
The document relating Klabava to the year 1368 is a forgery from the 15th century. The first trustworthy written mention of Klabava is in a deed of King Wenceslaus IV from 1401, when the village was owned by the monastery in Rokycany. From the 17th century until 1926, iron ore was mined near Klabava and there was an ironworks in the village.[2]
Klabava has a station on the regional railway line Plzeň–Beroun.[3] However, this station is located just beyond the municipal border.
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[4] A landmark is the chapel in the centre of Klabava.[2]
Klabava gave its name to a geological formation from the Ordovician period.[5]