Vysoká () 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 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Vysoká consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vysoká (133) *Bartultovice (55) *Pitárné (79)

Geography

Vysoká is located about north 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 northwest of

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

. It situated in the

Osoblažsko Osoblažsko (literally ''Osoblaha Region'', , ) is a microregion in the Bruntál District in the northernmost part of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The microregion is also called Osoblaha Hook or Silesian Haná, Hanakia. It i ...

microregion, on the border with

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. It lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point is near the top of the hill Strážnice at above sea level. The

Osoblaha Osoblaha (; , ) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology The Czech name of the village came from Latin names of two local watercourses, Os ...

River flows across the municipality. The village of Pitárne is located at the confluence of the Osoblaha with the Mušlov Stream.

History

The first written mention of Vysoká is from 1267.

Demographics

Transport

On the Czech-Polish border is the ''Bartultovice / Trzebina'' road border crossing. The I/57 road connects the border with

Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

Sights

The landmarks of Vysoká are the Church of Saint Urban from 1767 and Church of the Virgin Mary in Pitárné from 1766.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vysoka Villages in Bruntál District