Horní Město

Horní Město
Municipality and village
Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
Flag Coat of arms
Horní Město Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°55′N 17°13′E / 49.917°N 17.217°E / 49.917; 17.217Coordinates: 49°55′N 17°13′E / 49.917°N 17.217°E / 49.917; 17.217
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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