Světlá Hora is a municipality 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 1,400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Světlá Hora consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Dětřichovice (102) *Podlesí (92) *Stará Voda (62) *Suchá Rudná (60) *Světlá (1,024)

Geography

Světlá 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 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 ranges. The highest point is the mountain Ovčí vrch at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of the village of Světlá is from 1267. During some of the time of the Nazi German control of the region, a subcamp of Auschwitz III was located here: the town of Světlá was the location of the Lichtewerden labor camp, established on 11 November 1944.

Demographics

Transport

Světlá Hora is located on the railway line

– Malá Morávka. It is only in operation during the summer tourist season on weekends.

Sport

Světlá Hora is known for a horse racing centre with a race track. Železník, the most successful Czech racehorse, lived here from 1982 until his death in 2004.

Sights

The Church of Saints Barbara and Catherine is located in Světlá. It is a late Baroque church from 1789. The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Dětřichovice was built in 1771–1773.

Twin towns – sister cities

Světlá Hora is twinned with: *

Polska Cerekiew Polska Cerekiew () is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Polska Cerekiew. It lies approximately south of Kędzierzyn-Koźle and so ...

, Poland * Rieste, Germany

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svetla Hora Villages in Bruntál District