Andělská Hora () is a town in

Bruntál District Bruntál District () is a Okres, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Bruntál, but the most populated town is Krnov. Administrative division Bruntál District is divided into three Districts o ...

in the

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Andělská Hora consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Andělská Hora (348) *Pustá Rudná (13)

Geography

Andělská Hora is located about northwest of

Bruntál Bruntál (; ) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zon ...

and north of

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

. It lies in the

Hrubý Jeseník Hrubý Jeseník (sometimes called High Ash Mountains in English; or ''Hohes Gesenke'', ) is a mountain range and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian r ...

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. Historical mining communities Australia * Ballarat, Victoria * Bendig ...

. 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 The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

the town was given to the

Teutonic Order The Teutonic Order is a religious order (Catholic), Catholic religious institution founded as a military order (religious society), military society in Acre, Israel, Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Sa ...

which owned it until 1639. According to the

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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

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with 1,761 (98.4%).

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

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) (; ; ) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was a saint of Bohemia (a western part of what is now the Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts st ...

from 1724. On the town square there is an

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...

sandstone cross 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 Via Dolorosa, Way of Sorrows or the , are a series of fourteen images depicting Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and acc ...

leads to the church.

Notable people

* Albert Schindler (1805–1861), Austrian

Biedermeier The Biedermeier period was an era in Central European art and culture between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle classes grew in number and artists began producing works appealing to their sensibilities. The period began with the end of th ...

painter and engraver *

Eduard Schön E. S. Engelsberg (23 January 1825 – 27 May 1879) was a Silesian-Austrian Empire, Austrian composer. Eduard Schön used the pseudonym ''Engelsberg'' or ''ES Engelsberg'' after the village he was born – Engelsberg (now Andělská Hora ( ...

(1825–1879), Silesian-Austrian composer *

Moritz Jursitzky Moritz Jursitzky (27 January 1861 in Andělská Hora – 28 August 1936 in Vienna) was an Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian Germa ...

(1861–1936), Silesian-Austrian writer

Twin towns – sister cities

Andělská Hora is twinned with: * Reńska Wieś, Poland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andelska Hora Populated places established in 1540 Villages in Bruntál District