Vysoká (Bruntál District)

Vysoká
Vysoká
Municipality
	Centre of Vysoká
	Flag Coat of arms
	Vysoká Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°15′41″N 17°35′25″E / 50.26139°N 17.59028°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Bruntál
First mentioned	1267
Area
• Total	17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	328
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	793 99
Website	www.obec-vysoka.cz

Vysoká (German: Waißak) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Vysoká consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

Vysoká (133)
Bartultovice (55)
Pitárné (79)

Geography

Vysoká is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of Bruntál and 66 km (41 mi) northwest of Ostrava. It situated in the Osoblažsko microregion, on the border with Poland. It lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point is near the top of the hill Strážnice at 493 m (1,617 ft) above sea level. The Osoblaha 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.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,973	—
1880	2,016	+2.2%
1890	1,793	−11.1%
1900	1,699	−5.2%
1910	1,573	−7.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,379	−12.3%
1930	1,253	−9.1%
1950	569	−54.6%
1961	552	−3.0%
1970	442	−19.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	394	−10.9%
1991	305	−22.6%
2001	302	−1.0%
2011	301	−0.3%
2021	267	−11.3%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

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

Sights

The landmarks of Vysoká are the Church of Saint Urban from 1767 and Church of the Virgin Mary in Pitárné from 1766.^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Obec" (in Czech). Obec Vysoká. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.

[about-3] "Obec" (in Czech). Obec Vysoká. Retrieved 2022-05-09.

[4] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[5] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

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