Janov (Bruntál District)

Janov ( German Johannes Thal ) is a town with 369 inhabitants in Okres Bruntál in the Czech Republic. It is located 6 km east of Zlaté Hory ( Zuckmantel ), near the border with Poland.

History

Johannesthal came through the silver mining to temporary prosperity and obtained in 1535 the privileges of a mountain town. 1741 due to a fire great harm. The Baroque Church of the Holy Trinity dates from the year 1783. 1784 Johannesthal was elevated to independent local Curatie. First pastor was born in Johannesthal son of the miller Heinrich Kühn, Ferdinand Kuehn. Through a foundation of Julius Schmidt, a poor, sick and orphans house could be built. In the city there were weaving and knitwear production.

The town in the district Jägerndorf was a Moravian enclave in Silesia. 1930 lived 1146 inhabitants in the city, of which 11 Czechs.

The city Johannesthal had on May 17, 1939 1160 and on May 22, 1947 404 inhabitants. The German inhabitants were expropriated in 1945 and sold. After the Second World War Janov, the city lost rights.

The former school building was established as a community center. Upstairs a teacher has put together a museum in several Räümen. There, both craftsmanship and agricultural equipment as well as tools of the former include Erzbergbaues to visit. Since 23 January 2007, Janov is a city again.

Attractions

In the square a memorial pillar to the city's founding and to the ore mining industry. In the cemetery there is a mausoleum for a Freeman couple.

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