Světlá Hora

Světlá Hora
Municipality and village

St. Barbara church

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Coordinates: 50°03′11″N 17°22′53″E / 50.0531°N 17.3814°E / 50.0531; 17.3814Coordinates: 50°03′11″N 17°22′53″E / 50.0531°N 17.3814°E / 50.0531; 17.3814
Country  Czech Republic
Region Moravian-Silesian Region
District Bruntál District
Area
  Total 16.59 sq mi (42.97 km2)
Elevation 1,886 ft (575 m)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,471
  Density 89/sq mi (34/km2)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Světlá Hora is a village and municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

The town of Světlá was the location of the Lichtewerden labor camp, established on 11 November 1944 as a subcamp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz.[1]

References

  1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, 1:263. Bloomington:Indiana University Press (2009)
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