Horní Město () is a municipality and village 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

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

. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Horní Město consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Horní Město (547) *Dobřečov (44) *Rešov (37) *Skály (101) *Stříbrné Hory (51)

Etymology

The original German name ''Bergstadt'' means "mountain town". The Czech name was derived from the German name and literally means "mining town".

Geography

Horní Město is located about southwest 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 on the border between the

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

and

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 ranges. The highest point is the mountain Dobřečovská hora at above sea level. The Huntava Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Horní Město is from 1398, when a settlement called Hankštejn/Hangstein was located here.

Silver mining Silver mining is the extraction of silver by mining. Silver is a precious metal and holds high economic value. Because silver is often found in intimate combination with other metals, its extraction requires the use of complex technologies. In ...

in the area was first documented in 1402, later gold and non-ferrous metals were also mined. In 1580, a free imperial town was founded by Emperor

Rudolf II Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the H ...

and was named ''Bergstadt - Hangstein''. Later the second part of the name was dropped. From 1938 to 1945 it was annexed by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

and administered as a part of

Reichsgau Sudetenland The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the ''Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement. ...

. After the war, the German population was expelled. In the middle of the 20th century, the last gold was mined and only non-ferrous metals remained. Their mining ended in 1970.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The main landmark of Horní Město is the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene. It was built in 1611. It is decorated by valuable paintings from 1690.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horni Mesto Villages in Bruntál District