Světlá Hora

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Světlá Hora
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Světlá Hora is located in Czech Republic
Světlá Hora
Světlá Hora
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°2′43″N 17°24′4″E / 50.04528°N 17.40111°E / 50.04528; 17.40111Coordinates: 50°2′43″N 17°24′4″E / 50.04528°N 17.40111°E / 50.04528; 17.40111
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictBruntál
First mentioned1267
Area
 • Total42.97 km2 (16.59 sq mi)
Elevation
575 m (1,886 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total1,406
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
793 31
Websitewww.svetlahora.cz

Světlá Hora is a municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

Administrative parts[]

Světlá Hora is made up of villages Dětřichovice, Podlesí, Stará Voda, Suchá Rudná and Světlá.

History[]

During some of the time of the Nazi German control of the region, a subcamp of Auschwitz III was located here: the town of Světlá was the location of the Lichtewerden labor camp, established on 11 November 1944.[2]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Světlá Hora is twinned with:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. ^ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, 1:263. Bloomington:Indiana University Press (2009)
  3. ^ "Partnerské obce". svetlahora.cz (in Czech). Obec Světlá Hora. Retrieved 2020-09-26.


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