Kružberk | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Opava |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.8317°N 17.6833°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1377 |
Area Total Km2: | 8.31 |
Elevation M: | 404 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 233 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 747 86 |
Kružberk (de|Kreuzberg) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Kružberk is located about southwest of Opava and 37km (23miles) west of Ostrava. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at 565m (1,854feet) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Moravice River, which forms the municipal border. A small part of the nearby Kružberk Reservoir, which was named after the municipality, is located in its territory.
The first written mention of Kružberk is from 1377 as Creuczenburg.[2]
After World War II, the German inhabitants of Kružberk were expelled and the municipality was resettled by Czechs.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The Church of Saints Peter probably dates from the first half of the 14th century. It was modified into its current form in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3]
The Church of Saint Florian was built in the Empire style in 1810–1811. It was built on the site of an old chapel from the mid-18th century.[4]