Karlovice (german: Karlsthal) 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 of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Zadnà Ves is an administrative part of Karlovice.
Geography
Karlovice is located on the
tripoint
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of three mountain ranges:
Zlatohorská Highlands,
NÃzký JesenÃk
NÃzký JesenÃk (german: Niederes Gesenke, pl, Niski Jesionik) is a flat highland and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian regions. NÃzký JesenÃk is ...
and
Hrubý JesenÃk. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The built-up area lies in the valley of the
Opava River
The Opava ( cs, Opava, pl, Opawa, german: Oppa) is a river in the north-eastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river. It originates at the confluence of BÃlá (White), StÅ™ednà (Middle) and ÄŒerná (Black) Opava in Vrbno pod PradÄ ...
.
History
The first written mention of Karlovice is from 1558, then called Hütten. The village was destroyed during the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
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and renewed in the 18th century.
During the
World War II
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, the
German occupiers operated the E733
forced labour
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subcamp of the
Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured by a belligerent power in time of war.
There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. P ...
in the village.
Sights
The Church of Saint John of Nepomuk was built in the late
Baroque
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style in 1777–1779.
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An important technical monument is a former ]scythe
A scythe ( ) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It is historically used to cut down or reap edible grains, before the process of threshing. The scythe has been largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor m ...
manufactory. It is a timbered two-storey house dating from around 1600, modified to its present form in 1759. Today it houses a local museum that focuses primarily on forestry.[ The building is protected as a national cultural monument.]
Gallery
Karlovice kostel.jpg, Church of Saint John of Nepomuk
Karlovice muzeum.jpg, Local museum
References
External links
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Villages in Bruntál District