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Bruntál okres, Czech Republic

Moravosilesian Region

Last modified: 2003-04-26 by jarig bakker
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Bruntál okres coat of arms

[Bruntál okres CoA] from this website, reported by Dov Gutterman, 20 Oct. 1999 

Dlouhá Stráň municipality flag

[Dlouha Stran flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 6 Jun 2002, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 8 Oct 2001

Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 59. The village was founded after 1524. A late Baroque hall church (kostel sv.Anny)
was built there in 1777.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Jun 2002


Horní Životice municipality flag

[Horní Zivotice flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 23 Jun 2002, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 8 Oct 2001

Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 342. The village was first mentioned in 1265 as a property of the Monastery of Velehrad.  In the neighbourhood there are iron ore deposits. Above the church there is an opening of an old adit. Above the village there is a ruin of a windmill built in the first half of the 19th century.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Jun 2002


Jindřichov municipality flag

[Jindrichov municipality flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 27 Aug 2001, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 13 Jun 1995

The first written trace of the village dated back to 1256. Jindřichov was one of feudal estates owned by the Arch-Episcopate and Episcopate of Olomouc (till 1869). Owners of Jindřichov changed often. In the 17th century the village was in possession of Counts from Hodice (1633) who became notorious because of witchcraft processes (mostly in Zlaté Hory region).
Info from this webpage.
Jarig Bakker, 13 Jan 2002


Karlova Studánka flag

[Karlova Studánka flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 Aug 2002, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 8 Oct 2001

Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 221. The spa of Karlova Studánka was founded in 1785. However, curative springs were first mentioned as early as in 1768. In 1780 a chemical analysis of the springs was performed. The spa flourished in 1803. Most buildings built in a typical spa style were erected in the 40s of the 19th century. In recent years, the centre of the spa was reconstructed and the mountain Bílá Opava river was embanked.
Jarig Bakker, 20 Aug 2002


Krasov municipality flag

[Krasov flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 29 Sep 2002, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 8 Oct 2001

Number of inhabitants by 31.12. 2000: 314. In the village there is a church built in 1677, being valuable from the point of view of architecture. The basin of Krasov is a nature sanctuary protecting occurrence of sword lilies - Gladiolus imbricatus.
Jarig Bakker, 29 Sep 2002


Mezina municipality flag

[Mezina flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 7 Nov 2002, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 22 Nov 2001

Number of inhabitants by 1 Jan 2002: 236. There was a flax-spinning mill. Next to the mill there is an acidulous water spring.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 7 Nov 2002


Rýžoviště municipality flag

[Rýzoviste municipality flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 30 Nov 2001, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 27 Mar 2000

It reminded me on a design adopted by an island community of Kali in Croatia. The designers followed similar idea, I guess. See this webpage. I don't have flag yet, but I have unconfirmed information that it might be light blue with this COA in the middle.
Zeljko Heimer, 1 Dec 2001


Široká Niva flag

[Siroká Niva flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 Nov 2002, after image by Peter Exner; flag adopted 17 Oct 2001

Number of inhabitants by 1.1. 2002: 588. This village was first mentioned in 1278 in connection with foundation of Markvartice. Foundation of Bretnov is dated back to 1380-1390. On 24 September 1949 Markvartice and Bretnov were incorporated into one village named Široká Niva. In 1640 the village named Skrbovice was founded. Skrbovice was included into Široká Niva on 1 January 1960. The local settlement named Pocheň was founded about 1620. This settlement was always a part of Široká Niva.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 Nov 2002