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Brušperk
Moravian-Silesiantown
Brušperk
Total population
3,587
Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Brušperk is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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History
The first written mention of Brušperk is from 1270, when it was already referred to as a town. A document mentioning Brušperk in 1269 is a forgery. The town was probably founded in 1267 or 1268. It was one of the administrative and market centres of the Hukvaldy estate. The town received many privileges from the bishops of Olomouc, including the privilege of building town fortifications. After the suppression of the serf revolt in 1598–1599, the Protestant Brušperk again became a predominantly Catholic town by the end of the 17th century. The re-Catholicization was most intense especially during the Thirty Years' War. Brušperk was one of the most affected towns by the war. Between 1619 and 1627 it was looted several times, after the occupation by the Swedes in 1643 the population was partly murdered and the buildings destroyed. The town recovered from the war damage at the beginning of the 18th century. The development of drapery production, which soon became the main craft, played a large part in the renewal of the town. Brušperk was expanding, but the development ended in the 1830s, when industry began to develop in the surrounding towns and the importance of Brušperk thus partially decreased.
Geography
Brušperk is located about west of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills in a relatively flat terrain. The highest point is the hill Na Vrších with an altitude of . The Ondřejnice River flows through the town.
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Nearby places in Moravian-Silesian
- Trnávka2.2 mi away · pop. 680
- Kateřinice2.6 mi away · pop. 620
- Oprechtice2.7 mi away · pop. 212
- Petřvald2.9 mi away · pop. 1,512
- Košatka3.6 mi away · pop. 338
- Proskovice3.7 mi away · pop. 1,125
- Žabeň3.7 mi away · pop. 607
- Chlebovice3.7 mi away · pop. 736
- Rychaltice3.9 mi away · pop. 712
- Lysůvky4 mi away · pop. 303
- Zelinkovice4.1 mi away · pop. 292
- Mošnov4.1 mi away · pop. 677
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office
- RÚIAN code
- CZ598038
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,164
- Wikidata
- Q994946
RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office — RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782