Andělská Hora (german: Engelsberg) is a town in
Bruntál District
Bruntál District ( cs, okres Bruntál) is a district ('' okres'') within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Bruntál, but the largest town is Krnov. Part of the district belongs to Moravia, while another part belongs to ...
in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravský ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Pustá Rudná is an administrative part of Andělská Hora.
Geography
Andělská Hora is located about northwest of
Bruntál
Bruntál (; german: Freudenthal) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is located in the historical region of Czech Silesia. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected ...
and north of
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
Located on th ...
. It lies in the
Hrubý Jeseník mountain range. The highest point is the mountain Vysoká hora at above sea level.
History
Andělská Hora was founded in 1540 as a
mining town
A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.
Historic mining communities
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. In 1553 it received a mining register and in 1556 it was furnished with all necessary permissions for mining by Jan the Elder of Vrbno and Bruntál. After the
Thirty Years' War
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
the town was given to the
Teutonic Order
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which owned it until 1639.
According to the
Austrian
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* Austrian German dialect
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census of 1910 the village had 1,789 inhabitants, 1,767 (99.7%) were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were
Roman Catholics
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with 1,761 (98.4%).
Demographics
Sights
A wooden church existed here already in 1500, but was burned down during the Thirty Years' War. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built in the early Baroque style in 1672 and was reconstructed in 1734, after it was damaged by the fire in 1732. It is the landmark of the village. In front of the church there is a baroque statue of Saint
John of Nepomuk
John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393)
was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus IV ...
from 1724.
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On the town square there is an Empire style sandstone ]stone cross
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from 1815, and several late Baroque houses from the second half of the 18th century.[
On the hill called Anenský vrch there is the pilgrimage Church of Saint Anne. It was originally a wooden chapel built in 1694–1696. The current church was built in 1766–1772. A linden alley with ]Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The station ...
leads to the church.
Notable people
* Albert Schindler (1805–1861), Austrian Biedermeier
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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:
References
External links
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Populated places established in 1540
Villages in Bruntál District