Petrovice (Bruntál District)


Petrovice is a village and municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Petrovice is a village conservation area and its rural character make it a popular holiday destination. The village population is 131.

Location

Petrovice is located in the west of Czech Republic near its border with Poland. The national capital, Prague, lies approximately to the west. Although Petrovice is in the Moravian-Silesian Region it shares its western border with the Olomouc Region. Petrovice is on the 457 road from Janov to Zlate Hory.

Geography

Petrovice is located in the most western and mountainous part of the Osoblažsko microregion in the Petrovický stream valley. The mountains of Zlatohorská upland rise steeply from the banks of the stream to reach in height. The peak of Biskupska kupa is approximately to the northwest of the village. The village, which rests along the eastern bank of the Osoblaha stream, is immediately surrounded by green terraced fields and forests.

Petrovice viewing tower

The Petrovice viewing tower, the oldest stone tower in the Jeseníky mountains, is located on mount Biskupská kupa and is high. It was built in 1898 by the German tourist association, MSSGV, to commemorate 50 years of the reign of Franz Joseph I. The tower was closed to the public after World War II and was then used as a television transmitter. In 1996, reconstruction and restoration began on the tower before its opening to the public on its centenary in 1998. Since 2006, the tower has housed a post office. In good weather, one can see Wroclaw and the peaks of High Tatras in Slovakia.

Architecture

Petrovice village contains examples of folk architecture, such as country houses. The village is dominated by the single-aisle Church of St. Roch, built in the late 1600s CE.

Nearby attractions

Petrovice has facilities for skiers that include a ski lift at the end of the village. Heřmanovice municipality is a protected conservation village because of a uniquely preserved complex of Jeseníky residential folk architecture of the Eastern Sudeten type. The town of Zlaté Hory has an outdoor mining museum, as well as a ski resort below mount Příčná hora.

Notable people from Petrovice