| Stará Voda | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karlovy Vary |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cheb |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.9917°N 12.5958°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1380 |
| Area Total Km2: | 54.01 |
| Elevation M: | 605 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 510 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 350 02, 353 01 |
Stará Voda (German: Altwasser) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The villages of Sekerské Chalupy and Vysoká are administrative parts of Stará Voda.
The name means 'old water'.
Stará Voda is located about southeast of Cheb and 32km (20miles) southwest of Karlovy Vary, on the border with Germany. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the village of Stará Voda lies in the Upper Palatine Forest Foothills, but most of the municipality lies in the Upper Palatine Forest. The highest point is the second highest peak of the entire Upper Palatine Forest, Dyleň at 940m (3,080feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Stará Voda is from 1380.[2]
The I/21 road, which connects the D5 and D6 motorways, passes through the municipality.
The main railway line Prague–Cheb via Plzeň runs through the municipal territory. The train station named Lázně Kynžvart, which serves mainly the neighbouring town of Lázně Kynžvart, is located in the territory of Stará Voda.[3]
The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Vysoká. It was originally a Romanesque-Gothic building from the mid-13th century. It was gradually rebuilt and modified until 1847. In 1982, the roof was taken off and only the tower was preserved.[4]