Jindřichov (also known as Jindřichov ve Slezsku; german: Hennersdorf) is a municipality and village 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 1,200 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Arnultovice is an administrative part of Jindřichov.
Geography
Jindřichov lies about north 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 ...
. It is situated in the
Osoblažsko
Osoblažsko (literally ''Osoblaha Region'', german: Hotzenplotzer Ländchen, pl, Ziemia osobłoska) is a microregion in the Bruntál District in the northernmost part of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The microregion is also c ...
microregion, on the border with
Poland
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.
Jindřichov is located in the valley of the
Osoblaha
Osoblaha (; german: Hotzenplotz; pl, Osobłoga) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Osoblaha is made up of one administrati ...
River in the
Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point of the municipal territory is under the top of the Na Valštejně Hill, at .
History
The first written mention of Jindřichov is from 1256. The village was founded shortly before by the Olomouc bishop
Bruno von Schauenburg
Bruno von Schauenburg (also known as Bruno Olomucensis; 1205 – 1 or 17 February 1281 in KroměřÞ) was a nobleman and Catholic priest of German descent, bishop of Olomouc in 1245–1281. He was one of the main advisors and diplomats of the ...
, during the German colonization of the region.
The most notable owners of Jindřichov were the Counts of Hodice, who had built here the castle and the church. The village was in their possession from the mid-17th century until 1739.
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Transport
Jindřichov lies on the Krnov
Krnov (; german: Jägerndorf, pl, Karniów or ''Krnów'') is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The town is made up of town parts of Pod BezruÄ ...
–Głuchołazy
Głuchołazy ( ; german: Ziegenhals, also known by Głuchołazy#Symbol and etymology, other names) is a historic town in southwestern Poland with approximately 13,534 inhabitants as of 2019. It is located within the Nysa County of Opole Voivodesh ...
–JesenÃk
JesenÃk (; until 1947 Frývaldov (); german: Freiwaldau, pl, FrywaÅ‚dów) is a spa town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bukovice and Dětřichov are administrative ...
railway line.
Sights
The landmark of Jindřichov is Jindřichov Castle with a large park. The castle was built in the Baroque style in the second half of the 17th century, as a seat for the Counts of Hodice. The castle was rebuilt in the Empire style
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in 1844, after it was damaged by a fire. Since 2010, the castle has been owned by Jindřichov. Today it serves as housing for the socially disadvantaged and as a multi-purpose cultural facility.
The castle is surrounded by a large park. It was founded by the Counts of Hodice in the French style in the first half of the 17th century, was adapted to the English-style park in the first half of the 19th century. There is a great variety of rare trees. The park is decorated with several sculptures, the oldest are two marble lions in front of the castle entrance from the 18th century, There is also a fountain and statues of St. Hubert, St. Christopher and Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...
.
The second landmark is the Church of Saint Nicholas, built in 1671–1673. Valuable is also a sculptural group of the Virgin Mary near the castle entrance, which dates from 1757.
Twin towns – sister cities
Jindřichov is twinned with:
References
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Villages in Bruntál District