Příbram VI-Březové Hory (until 1953 Březové Hory; german: Birkenberg) is a town part of

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

in the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. Until 1953, it was a separate town. It is known as a former royal mining town.

Etymology

The name literally means "Birch Mountains".

Geography

The

Litavka Litavka is a river in the Czech Republic, the right tributary of the Berounka. It originates in the Brdy mountain range at the elevation of 736 m and flows to Beroun, where it enters the Berounka. It is 54.9 km long, and its basin area is 62 ...

River partially forms the border with Podlesí.

History

The first evidence of

silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...

mining in Březové Hory dates from the 14th century. At the beginning of the 16th century a mining settlement was established near the silver-ore mines, it was promoted to a market town in the 18th century. It reached its greatest fame at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, when five underground mines were gradually open. The volume of mined silver then reached up to 97% of all mined silver in the

Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

monarchy and Březové Hory became the main silver producer in Europe. This is one of the reasons why the town was promoted to a royal mining town on 20 April 1896 by Emperor

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

. Since the beginning of the 20th century there has been a gradual decline in mining, but thanks to the state subsidies mining continued until 1978. In 1953 Březové Hory became part of Příbram. After mining was terminated, several mining buildings were converted to Mining Museum Příbram. It is the largest mining museum in the Czech Republic.

Cultural monuments

In Březové Hory there are many preserved mines and other buildings designated as the Czech cultural monuments, some of them are on the national cultural monument list. *Miner's House *Portal of Ševčiny transportation adit – national cultural monument *Portal of Marie transportation adit – national cultural monument *Mining Inspectorate *Administrative building – Mine engineering *Church of St. Procopius *Mining office building, also called "Šichtamt" *Ševčiny Mine – national cultural monument *Anna Mine – national cultural monument *Adalbert Mine – national cultural monument *Church of St. Adalbert

Gallery

Březové Hory sv. Vojtěch 5.jpg, Church of St. Adalbert Příbram-Březové Hory Prokopská dům č.14 3.jpg, Mining office building "Šichtamt" Březové Hory, Vojtěšský důl.jpg, Adalbert Mine Březové Hory (Příbram VI) - důl Anna (2).jpg, Anna Mine Březové Hory, Ševčinský důl (1).jpg, Ševčiny Mine Březové Hory - portál Ševčinské štoly (3).jpg, Portal of Ševčiny Adit Březové Hory (Příbram VI) - budova důlní projekce čp. 31 (2).jpg, Engineering Building Příbram chrám sv. Prokopa závěr 2.jpg, Church of St. Procopius Březové Hory (Příbram VI) - budova báňského inspektorátu čp. 257 (1).jpg, Mine Inspection Building

References

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