Andělská Hora (Bruntál District)

Andělská Hora, a.k.a. Andělská Hora ve Slezsku (German: Engelsberg) is a small town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 8 km northwest of Bruntál and has around 350 inhabitants. It is one of the least populated municipalities with town status in the Czech Republic (the 6th smallest, as of 2019).

Andělská Hora
Town
Andělská Hora seen from the south
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Andělská Hora
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°3′35″N 17°23′18″E
CountryCzech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictBruntál
Founded1540
Government
 • MayorMiroslav Novotný
Area
 • Total16.07 km2 (6.20 sq mi)
Elevation
640 m (2,100 ft)
Population
 (2019-01-01[1])
 • Total357
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
793 12
Websitewww.hbenesov.cz

Village of Pustá Rudná (Lauterseifen) is an administrative part of Andělská Hora.

History

The town was founded in 1540, in 1553 it was registered as mining town and furnished (in 1556) with all necessary permissions for mining by Johann the Elder von Würben from Freudenthal. After the Thirty Years' War the town was given to the Order of Teutonic Knights who owned the town until 1639.

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the village had 1,789 inhabitants, 1,773 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 1,767 (99.7%) were German-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 1,761 (98.4%).[2]

Sights
  • Church of "Birth of Virgin Mary" from 1672, rebuilt after a fire in 1734
  • Statue of the John of Nepomuk (1724)
  • Empire cross out of sandstone at the market place (1815)
  • Annaberg, mercy chapel (1767)

Notable people

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Andělská Hora is twinned with:[3]

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References
  1. "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. Ludwig Patryn (ed): Die Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910 in Schlesien, Troppau 1912.
  3. "Části města a partnerské obce" (in Czech). Město Andělská Hora. Retrieved 2019-08-22.



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