translate English to German: The name of the town is first noted in a record of the Zlatá Koruna monastery as "Plan", later it is noted in the kingship record of 1349 as "Plana". The city is named "Plan oppidum" in the very oldest tax register from 1445 and in another register as "Miestečko Plané" in 1493.
Nördlich von Horní Planá erheben sich der Dobrovodský-Berg und der Křížový vrch (Kreuzberg).