Andělská Hora (Bruntál District)
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Andělská Hora | |
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Town | |
 Andělská Hora seen from the south | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Andělská Hora Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°3′35″N 17°23′18″E / 50.05972°N 17.38833°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Bruntál |
| Founded | 1540 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Miroslav Novotný |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.07 km2 (6.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 371 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 793 12 |
| Website | www |
Andělská Hora, also known as Andělská Hora ve Slezsku (German: Engelsberg) is a small town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. It is one of the least populated municipalities with town status in the Czech Republic (the 6th smallest, as of 2020).
Administrtive parts
Village of Pustá Rudná is an administrative part of Andělská Hora.
History
The town was founded in 1540, in 1553 it was registered as mining town and furnished (in 1556) with all necessary permissions for mining by Johann the Elder von Würben from Freudenthal. After the Thirty Years' War the town was given to the Teutonic Order which owned the town until 1639.
According to the Austrian census of 1910 the village had 1,789 inhabitants, 1,773 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 1,767 (99.7%) were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 1,761 (98.4%).[2]
Sights
- Church of "Birth of Virgin Mary" from 1672, rebuilt after a fire in 1734
- Statue of John of Nepomuk (1724)
- Empire cross out of sandstone at the market place (1815)
- Annaberg, mercy chapel (1767)
Notable people
- Albert Schindler (1805–1861), Austrian Biedermeier painter and engraver
- Eduard Schön (1825–1879), Silesian-Austrian composer
- Moritz Jursitzky (1861–1936), Silesian-Austrian writer
Twin towns – sister cities
Andělská Hora is twinned with:[3]
Reńska Wieś, Poland
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
- ^ "Části města a partnerské obce" (in Czech). Město Andělská Hora. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
External links
- Official website (in Czech)
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