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°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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