Bernartice (Trutnov District)

{{short description|Municipality in the Czech Republic}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Bernartice

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (Bernartice) 02.JPG

| image_caption = Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

| image_flag = Flag of Bernartice.svg

| image_shield = Bernartice CoA CZ.svg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Hradec Králové

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Trutnov

| image_map =

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Czech Republic

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic

| coordinates = {{coord|50|38|41|N|15|57|57|E|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1297

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 17.93

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 579

| population_as_of = 2024-01-01

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2024-05-17}}

| population_total = 919

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 542 04

| area_code_type =

| area_code =

| website = {{URL|http://www.obecbernartice.cz/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Bernartice ({{langx|de|Bernsdorf}}) is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Bernartice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

  • Bernartice (806)
  • Křenov (61)

Geography

Bernartice is located about {{convert|9|km|0}} northeast of Trutnov and {{convert|48|km|abbr=on}} north of Hradec Králové, on the border with Poland. It lies in the Broumov Highlands. The highest point is the hill Mravenčí vrch at {{convert|837|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Ličná Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Bernartice is from 1297. It was founded during the colonization during the reign of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, probably around 1260.{{cite web |title=Strategický plán rozvoje obce Bernartice na období 2019–2029|url=http://www.obecbernartice.cz/assets/File.ashx?id_org=275&id_dokumenty=4097|publisher=Obec Bernartice|pages=6–7|language=cs|date=2019|access-date=2021-11-13}}

During World War II, the German occupiers operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village in which over 400 Jewish women deported from various countries were subjected to forced labour. The camp was liberated in May 1945.{{cite web |title=Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen|url=https://en.gross-rosen.eu/historia-kl-gross-rosen/filie-obozu-gross-rosen/|publisher=Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica|access-date=2021-11-13}}

Demographics

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|2782

|1880|2774

|1890|2885

|1900|2947

|1910|2805

|1921|2466

|1930|2426

|1950|1322

|1961|1215

|1970|1143

|1980|982

|1991|888

|2001|899

|2011|896

|2021|867

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

Transport

The I/16 road (the section from Trutnov to the Czech-Polish border in Královec) passes through the municipality.

Bernartice is located on the railway line Trutnov–Sędzisław.

Sights

The main landmark of Bernartice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the Baroque style in 1677–1678.

References

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