Světlá Hora

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Světlá Hora
Municipality and village
St. Barbara church
St. Barbara church
Flag of Světlá Hora
Flag
Coat of arms of Světlá Hora
Coat of arms
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian Region
DistrictBruntál District
Area
 • Total16.59 sq mi (42.97 km2)
Elevation
1,886 ft (575 m)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,471
 • Density89/sq mi (34/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Světlá Hora is a village and municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

The town of Světlá was the location of the Lichtewerden labor camp, established on 11 November 1944 as a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz.[1]

References

  1. ^ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, 1:263. Bloomington:Indiana University Press (2009)
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