Krasov

Krasov ( German Kronsdorf ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. You more than twelve kilometers west of Krnov and belongs to Okres Bruntál.

Geography

Geographical Location

Krasov located to the east of the Jeseníky at the transition to the lower one dies in the valley of the brook Krasovka. To the north rises the Kozi vrch ( Lährberg, 678 m), in the northeast of Uhlák (666 m ) south of the Kopřivná (hives book, 638 m) and Vysoká ( Fleischer mountain, 628 m), in the west the Svoboda (Freedom mountain, 663 m) and to the northwest of the Municipal vrch (municipality mountain, 682 m) and the Polomy ( castle Hill, 725 m).

Neighboring towns are Staré Purkartice and Vraclávek in the north, Hošťálkovy and Hurka in the northeast, Ježník in the east, Radimek, Radim, Brantice and Loučky the southeast, Čaková in the south, Široká Niva and Pocheň the southwest, Karlovice in the west and Adamov and Jelení in the northwest.

Community structure

For the community Krasov no districts are reported.

History

Kronsdorf probably originated in the mid-15th century. The village was first mentioned in 1502 in the wake of the establishment of a Erbrichters. 1523 acquired the chamber of the Duchy Jägerndorf the place including the mill and brewery. Owners were the Hohenzollern and after the Battle of White Mountain Liechtenstein. In the division of Silesia in 1742 Kronsdorf remained in Austrian Silesia. 1834 consisted of 175 houses and Kronsdorf had 1168 inhabitants.

After the abolition of patrimonial created in 1850 the municipality Kronsdorf / Korunov in the District Commission Jägerndorf. 1930 lived in Kronsdorf 984 inhabitants who belonged to almost all of the German ethnic group. The Czech name Korunov was changed in 1935 Krasov. After the Munich Agreement in 1938 Kronsdorf slammed the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district Jägerndorf. 1939 lived 980 people in the community. After the end of the Second World War, the German population was expelled. Since the dissolution of the Okres Krnov the end of 1960 Krasov belongs to Okres Bruntál.

Attractions

• Church of St. Catherine, one-nave Baroque building from the year 1677th The church was reconstructed in 1867-1878.
• Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, built in the 1930s
• Cemetery chapel on the hillside above the Catholic Church
• Ruins of the cemetery chapel on the former cemetery south of the Evangelical Church
• Houses built in traditional design from the mid-19th century, two of which are protected as cultural monuments
• Radim Nature Reserve, east of the village. The large protected since 1969 19.25 ha land covers the remains of a fir-beech forest with indigenous Larch and individual specimens of elm and sycamore.
• Nature Reserve Krasovsky kotel (boilers), the protected two and a half kilometers north of Krasov at Kozi vrch located area with an area of ​​11.46 ha since 1989 because of its diversity of plants. The inventory includes populations of the roof goat leagues Gladiolus, mosquito Händelwurz two-bladed butterfly orchid and Marsh Orchid.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Josef Schinzel (1869-1944), Titular Bishop of Elusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc
• Otto Kittel (1917-1945), German fighter pilot in World War II