The town of Bruntál with its historic core, which is a monument zone, is located in the Moravian-Silesian Region in Nízké Jeseník. The development of Bruntál itself is located in Silesia. in Moravia lies almost the entire cadastral territory of Karlovec and the southern edge of the cadastral territory of Bruntál. Currently, approx. 16 thousand inhabitants.
The first written mention is from 1223 in a privilege for Uničov. For a long time, the main source of the city's prosperity was metal mining (gold, silver, copper, lead, iron). During the war, several POW and labor camps were established here; even at the turn of 1944/45 there was one of the subsidiary camps of Auschwitz. The city was liberated by the Red Army on May 7, 1945. After the war, the German population was pushed out (including the accompanying violence in the first "wild" phase) and in 1945–46 the city was repopulated by the Czech population. New plants were built: ČSAO automobile repair shops, Pressing plants of new materials, Dřevosloh and the Bruntál hydrometallurgical plant under RD Jeseník a.s.
Landmarks of the village:
- Bruntál castle
- Chateau park
- the city walls
- Dean's Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- Complex of the Church of Our Lady of Comfort and the Piarist Monastery
- Baroque pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Help on Uhlířský vrch with Way of the Cross
- Evangelic church
- Cemetery Chapel of St. Michael.
Tips for trips:
- Bruntál Castle
- Janovice Castle near Rýmařov
- Ski resort Kopřivná
- Wooden chapel of St. Josef in Podlesí
- The wooden chapel of the Holy Trinity in Suché Rudná
- Lookout tower Velký Roudný
and more.