| Dvorce | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bruntál |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.8333°N 17.5478°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1339 |
| Area Total Km2: | 24.20 |
| Elevation M: | 552 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1254 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 793 68 |
Dvorce (in 1869–1910 Dvorec; German: Hof in Mähren) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
The village of Rejchartice is an administrative part of Dvorce.
Dvorce is located about south of Bruntál. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is the hill Červený kopec at 693m (2,274feet) above sea level. The Lobník Stream flows through the municipality.
According to legends, Dvorce was founded at the beginning of the 10th century, however the first written mention of Dvorce is from 1339. In 1363 Dvorce was first referred to as a market town and in 1406 it is referred to as a town. The first written mention of Rejhartice is from 1410.[2]
In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the town was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. The German population was expelled in 1945 according to the Beneš decrees and was replaced by Czech settlers.
The municipality of Dvorce lost the town status in 1945.[2]
The I/46 road from Olomouc to Opava passes through the municipality.
The main landmark of Dvorce is the Church of Saint Giles. It was built in the Neoclassical style in 1752–1753 on the site of an older church and modified after 1834. The tower dates from the second half of the 16th century.[3]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Dvorce is twinned with:[4]
Strzeleczki, Poland