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Březové Hory
Town part
J. A. Alis Square
Březové HoryLocation in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°41′18″N 13°59′25″E / 49.68833°N 13.99028°E / 49.68833; 13.99028
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Příbram
Municipality	Příbram
First mentioned	1300
Elevation	545 m (1,788 ft)
Population
• Total	1,704
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	261 01

Příbram VI-Březové Hory (until 1953 Březové Hory; German: Birkenberg) is a town part of Příbram in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Until 1953, it was a separate town. It is known as a former royal mining town.

Etymology

The name literally means "Birch Mountains".

Geography

The Litavka River partially forms the border with Podlesí.

History

The first evidence of silver mining in Březové Hory dates from the 14th century. At the beginning of the 16th century a mining settlement was established near the silver-ore mines, it was promoted to a market town in the 18th century. It reached its greatest fame at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, when five underground mines were gradually open. The volume of mined silver then reached up to 97% of all mined silver in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and Březové Hory became the main silver producer in Europe. This is one of the reasons why the town was promoted to a royal mining town on 20 April 1896 by Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Since the beginning of the 20th century there has been a gradual decline in mining, but thanks to the state subsidies mining continued until 1978. In 1953 Březové Hory became part of Příbram. After mining was terminated, several mining buildings were converted to Mining Museum Příbram. It is the largest mining museum in the Czech Republic.

Cultural monuments

In Březové Hory there are many preserved mines and other buildings designated as the Czech cultural monuments, some of them are on the national cultural monument list.

• Miner's House
• Portal of Ševčiny transportation adit – national cultural monument
• Portal of Marie transportation adit – national cultural monument
• Mining Inspectorate
• Administrative building – Mine engineering
• Church of St. Procopius
• Mining office building, also called "Šichtamt"
• Ševčiny Mine – national cultural monument
• Anna Mine – national cultural monument
• Adalbert Mine – national cultural monument
• Church of St. Adalbert

Gallery

• Church of St. Adalbert
• Mining office building "Šichtamt"
• Adalbert Mine
• Anna Mine
• Ševčiny Mine
• Portal of Ševčiny Adit
• Engineering Building
• Church of St. Procopius
• Mine Inspection Building

References

1. "Výsledky sčítání 2021 – otevřená data" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022-12-21.
2. "Příbram" (in Czech). Město Příbram. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
3. "Hornický domek - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
4. "Portál Ševčinské štoly - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
5. "Portál Mariánské štoly - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
6. "Báňský inspektorát - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
7. "Důlní projekce - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
8. "Kostel sv. Prokopa - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
9. "Úřednický dům zv. Šichtamt - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
10. "Rudný důl Ševčiny - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
11. "Rudný důl Anna - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
12. "Rudný důl Vojtěch - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
13. "Kostel sv. Vojtěcha - Památkový Katalog". pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved 2019-10-02.

• Příbram
• Mining communities in the Czech Republic
• Neighbourhoods in the Czech Republic