Výsluní (earlier also Suniperk; german: Sonnenberg) is a town in

Chomutov District Chomutov District ( cs, okres Chomutov) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Chomutov. List of municipalities Bílence - Blatno - Boleboř - Březno ...

in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region ( cs, Ústecký kraj, , ), is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem ...

of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Hamlets of Kýšovice, Sobětice, Třebíška, Úbočí and Volyně are administrative parts of Výsluní.

Geography

Výsluní is located about west of

Chomutov Chomutov (; german: Komotau) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. There are almost 80,000 inhabitants in the city's wider metropolitan area. The city centre is well preserved and is protec ...

and northeast of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

. It briefly borders

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in the north. It lies in the Ore Mountains. The highest point is at above sea level. The Prunéřovský stream springs in the municipal territory and flows through the town to the east, which then turn to the southwest and forms the municipal border.

History

Výsluní was founded as a mining settlement. Silver, copper, tin and lead ores had been mined in the vicinity of Výsluní since the 14th century. Výsluní itself was founded in the 16th century, the first written mention is from 1547. In 1565, it was referred to as a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

, and in 1584, it became 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 Australia * Ballarat, Victoria * Bendigo, ...

Sights

The town is known for the Church of Saint Wenceslaus, the largest church in the Upper Ore Mountains, popularly known as ''the Ore Mountains Cathedral''. It dominates the town and is visible on the southern slope of the mountains far into the

Most Basin The Most Basin (also known as North Bohemian Basin; cs, Mostecká pánev, german: Nordböhmisches Becken) is a tectonic Depression (geology), depression and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech ...

. The town hall is an

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building from 1846.

In popular culture

The town's church appeared in many film works: '' The Borgias, Henri 4, Year of the Devil,

Forgotten Light ''Forgotten Light'' ( cs, Zapomenuté světlo) is a 1996 Czech film directed by Vladimír Michálek. The screenplay by Czech-American Milena Jelinek is based on a 1934 book by Jakub Deml which is considered a masterpiece of Czech literature of t ...

Thirty Cases of Major Zeman ''Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'' (''Třicet případů majora Zemana'') is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The series were f ...

'', and ''

Feuer frei! "Feuer frei!" () is a song by German industrial metal band Rammstein. The song was released as the fifth single from their third album '' Mutter''. The title is from the command to start shooting in German military language (literally "fire free ...

'' music video.

Notable people

* Anton Tausche (1838–1898), German Bohemian politician; honorary citizen of VýsluníConstant von Wurzbach (1881). ''Biographical Dictionary of the Empire, Austria (Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich)'', 43. Band, Wien 1881, S. 140 f.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vysluni Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Chomutov District Towns in the Ore Mountains