Rusín Explained

Rusín
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:50.2097°N 17.7342°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1262
Area Total Km2:14.29
Elevation M:256
Population As Of:2024-01-01
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:141
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:793 97

Rusín (German: Rausen) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The villages of Hrozová and Matějovice are administrative parts of Rusín.

Geography

Rusín is located about northeast of Bruntál and 55km (34miles) northwest of Ostrava. The municipality is situated in the Osoblažsko microregion on the border of with Poland. It lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point is the hill Rusínký kopec at 314m (1,030feet) above sea level.

The Hrozová Stream, a tributary of the Osoblaha, forms the Czech-Polish border, then flows across the territory, and then forms a part of the northwestern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Rusín is in the will of Vok of Rosenberg from 1262. In 1331, Rusín was bought by Heinek of Głubczyce and annexed to the Głubczyce estate. He owned the village for about 20 years. After his death, Rusín was inherited by the Lords of Fullstein, who annexed it to the Fullstein estate and owned it in the following centuries.[2]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of the Hrozová village is the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel. The church was first mentioned in 1309 and is as old as the village. The church was modified several times, but the core is an early Gothic building from the 13th century. The Baroque windows are from 1758. In 2013, extraordinarily large frescoes were unveiled in the church. It is a painting from the last third of the 13th century, and is one of the most important late Romanesque frescoes in the country.[3]

The Chapel of the Virgin Mary on the Rusínský kopec was built in 1816 and has become a pilgrimage site. After it was destroyed in 1945, a replica was built on its original site in the 1990s, which again became a pilgrimage site.[2]

The Matějovice Cave is a pseudokarst cave located in the sandstone rock close to Matějovice. The passage is 16m (52feet) long and 3–4 metres high.[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Rusín is twinned with:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024. Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. Web site: Historie Rusína. Obec Rusín. cs. 2022-05-25.
  3. Web site: Kostel sv. Michaela Archanděla v Hrozové se středověkými freskami. Obec Rusín. cs. 2022-05-24.
  4. Web site: Další přírodní zajímavosti. Osoblažská úzkokolejka. cs. 2022-05-24.