| Petrovice | |
| 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: | 50.2389°N 17.4483°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1267 |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.07 |
| Elevation M: | 468 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 144 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 793 84 |
Petrovice (German: Petersdorf) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. The village is well preserved and is protected by law as a village monument zone.
The name is derived from the personal name Petr. He was probably the leader of the colonizers who came here in the 13th century.[2]
Petrovice is located about north of Bruntál and 70km (40miles) north of Ostrava. The municipality is located on the border with Poland in the Osoblažsko microregion.
Petrovice lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest points are the slopes of Biskupská hora (at 872m (2,861feet) above sea level) in the northern part, and the peaks of Kutný vrch (869m (2,851feet)) and Solná hora (868m (2,848feet)) on the southern municipal border. The built-up area is located in the valley of the Osoblaha River, which originates in the territory of Petrovice.
The first written mention of Petrovice is from 1267. The village was founded by bishop Bruno von Schauenburg, probably between 1250 and 1252.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Petrovice is the Church of Saint Roch. It is a typical rural single nave church, which was built in the Neoclassical style in 1826–1830.[3]