Světlá Hora
Světlá Hora | |
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 Centre of Světlá Hora | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Světlá Hora Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°2′43″N 17°24′4″E / 50.04528°N 17.40111°ECoordinates: 50°2′43″N 17°24′4″E / 50.04528°N 17.40111°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Bruntál |
| First mentioned | 1267 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.97 km2 (16.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,406 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 793 31 |
| Website | www |
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]
Polska Cerekiew, Poland
Rieste, Germany
References[]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, 1:263. Bloomington:Indiana University Press (2009)
- ^ "Partnerské obce". svetlahora.cz (in Czech). Obec Světlá Hora. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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