Horní Město
Horní Město | |
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Municipality and village | |
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Horní Město Location in the Czech Republic | |
Coordinates: 49°55′N 17°13′E / 49.917°N 17.217°ECoordinates: 49°55′N 17°13′E / 49.917°N 17.217°E | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Region | Moravian-Silesian Region |
District | Bruntál District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Eva Machová |
Area | |
• Total | 12.21 sq mi (31.62 km2) |
Elevation | 1,800 ft (550 m) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 968 |
• Density | 79/sq mi (31/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Zip code | 793 44 |
Horní Město (German: Bergstadt) is a town with 1009 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2004) in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the headwaters of the river 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of Rýmařov at the foot of the Jeseníky mountains. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.
History[]
The town was founded as a German-speaking mining town near a rich silver mining site in 1351. In 1398, a neighboring settlement emerged near a cache of slope stone. In 1580 the city was awarded an imperial free city status by the emperor, Rudolf II. On 1 December 1930, the town had 1,296 inhabitants; on 17 May 1939 there were 1251; and on 22 May 1947 674 inhabitants. The Germans were expropriated in 1945 and their lands sold.
Attractions[]
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene was built in 1611 and re-designed in 1690 by the painter Weintritt who added valuable paintings.
Community Structure[]
The Horní Město area include districts Dobřečov (Doberseik), Rešov (Reschen), Skály (Hangenstein), and Stříbrné Hory (Neufang) with the 1965 settlement, Ferdinandov (Ferdinandsthal).
Sons and Daughters of the Community[]
- (1825-1895), painter and restorer
External links[]
- http://www.hornimesto.cz/ (in Czech)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050221080731/http://www.rymarovsko.cz/hornimesto/ (in Czech)
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