Petrovice () 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 100 inhabitants. The village is well preserved and is protected as a
village monument zone.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name
Petr
Petr is a Czech form of the masculine given name Peter and a surname. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name).
Given name
* Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, economist and politician
* Petr Čech (born 198 ...
. He was probably the leader of the colonizers who came here in the 13th century.
Geography
Petrovice 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 north 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 ...
. The municipality is located 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 ...
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.
Petrovice lies in the
Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest points are the slopes of Biskupská hora (at above sea level) in the northern part, and the peaks of Kutný vrch () and Solná hora () on the southern municipal border. The built-up area is located in the valley of 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, which originates in the territory of Petrovice.
History
The first written mention of Petrovice is from 1267. The village was founded by bishop
Bruno von Schauenburg
Bruno von Schauenburg (also known as Bruno Olomucensis; 1205 – 1 or 17 February 1281 in Kroměříž) was a nobleman and Catholic priest of German descent, bishop of Olomouc in 1245–1281. He was one of the main advisors and diplomats of th ...
, probably between 1250 and 1252.
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Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Petrovice is the Church of Saint Roch. It is a typical rural single nave church, which was built in the Neoclassical style in 1826–1830.
Notable people
* Josef Pfitzner (1901–1945), German politician and writer, executed for war crimes
References
External links
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Villages in Bruntál District