column, or a baroque fountain, which is called Šlikovský pond due to its size. From the square leads the narrowest lane in the Czech Republic, Katova ulička (meaning "Hangman's alley"). At its narrowest point, it is only wide, and is about long. In literature Benjamin Constant set a part of his famous novel Adolphe (1816) in Kadaň, referring to it as Caden, petite ville de la Bohême. Notable people Peter Nigri (1434–1481 or 1484), theologian Jan Hasištejnský z Lobkovic (1450–1517), traveller, diplomat and writer Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer (1588–1626), astronomer Anton Graf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (1832–1913), Austro-Hungarian diplomat Theodor Innitzer (1875–1955), cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna Edward Goll (1884–1949), pianist and music teacher Hans Zeisel (1905–1992), German-American sociologist Karel Havlíček (1907–1988), painter Josef Dvořák (born 1942), actor Petr Klíma (born 1964), ice hockey player Ondřej Kaše (born 1995), ice hockey player Dominik Feri (born 1996), politician Aneta Lédlová (born 1996), ice hockey player Twin towns – sister cities Kadaň is twinned with: Aue-Bad Schlema, Germany Halle, Belgium Vara, Sweden References External links Official tourist portal Populated places in Chomutov District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic