Březové Hory Explained

Příbram VI-Březové Hory (until 1953 Březové Hory; de|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.^[2] 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^[3]
• Portal of Ševčiny transportation adit^[4] – national cultural monument
• Portal of Marie transportation adit^[5] – national cultural monument
• Mining Inspectorate^[6]
• Administrative building – Mine engineering^[7]
• Church of St. Procopius^[8]
• Mining office building, also called "Šichtamt"^[9]
• Ševčiny Mine^[10] – national cultural monument
• Anna Mine^[11] – national cultural monument
• Adalbert Mine^[12] – national cultural monument
• Church of St. Adalbert^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Příbram. Czech Statistical Office. 19–20. cs. 2015-12-21.
2. Web site: Příbram. Město Příbram. cs. 2022-08-22.
3. Web site: Hornický domek - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
4. Web site: Portál Ševčinské štoly - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
5. Web site: Portál Mariánské štoly - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
6. Web site: Báňský inspektorát - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
7. Web site: Důlní projekce - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
8. Web site: Kostel sv. Prokopa - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
9. Web site: Úřednický dům zv. Šichtamt - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
10. Web site: Rudný důl Ševčiny - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
11. Web site: Rudný důl Anna - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
12. Web site: Rudný důl Vojtěch - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.
13. Web site: Kostel sv. Vojtěcha - Památkový Katalog. pamatkovykatalog.cz. 2019-10-02.