Vysoká (Bruntál District)

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Vysoká

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Vysoká-střed obce.JPG

| image_caption = Centre of Vysoká

| image_flag = Vysoká (okres Bruntál) vlajka.jpg

| image_shield = Vysoká (okres Bruntál) znak.jpg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Moravian-Silesian

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Bruntál

| image_map =

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Czech Republic

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic

| coordinates = {{coord|50|15|41|N|17|35|25|E|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1267

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 17.12

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 280

| population_as_of = 2024-01-01

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

| population_total = 328

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 793 99

| area_code_type =

| area_code =

| website = {{URL|https://www.obec-vysoka.cz/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Vysoká ({{langx|de|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):{{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}}

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

Geography

Vysoká is located about {{convert|31|km}} north of Bruntál and {{convert|66|km|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|493|m|ft|abbr=on}} 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.{{cite web |title=Obec|url=https://www.obec-vysoka.cz/obec/|publisher=Obec Vysoká|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-09}}

Demographics

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|1973

|1880|2016

|1890|1793

|1900|1699

|1910|1573

|1921|1379

|1930|1253

|1950|569

|1961|552

|1970|442

|1980|394

|1991|305

|2001|302

|2011|301

|2021|267

|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

File:2022 04 Vysoká church 1.jpg

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.

References

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