Březové Hory


Březové Hory is a district in Příbram, Czech republic. The Litavka flows along the border with Podlesí village. There are 1323 permanent residents as of 2001.

History

The first evidence of silver mining in Březové Hory dates from the 14th century. At the beginning of the 16th century a mining settlement was established near the silver-ore mines, it was promoted to a township in the 18th century. It reached its greatest fame at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, when five underground mines were gradually open. The volume of mined silver then reached up to 97% of all mined silver in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and Březové Hory became the main silver producer in Europe. This is one of the reasons why the town was promoted to a royal mining town on 20 April 1896 by Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Since the beginning of the 20th century there has been a gradual decline in mining, but thanks to the state subsidies mining continued until 1978. After mining was terminated, several mining buildings were converted to Příbram mining museum. It is currently the largest mining museum in the Czech Republic.
In 1953 Březové Hory became part of Příbram.

Cultural Monuments

In the Březové Hory area there are many preserved mines and other buildings designated as the Czech cultural monuments, some of them are on the national cultural monument list.