Osoblaha
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Bruntál | ||
| Commune | Krnov | ||
| Municipality | Osoblaha | ||
| Elevation | 220 m (722 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 50°16′N 17°43′E / 50.267°N 17.717°ECoordinates: 50°16′N 17°43′E / 50.267°N 17.717°E | ||
| Area | 25.79 km2 (9.96 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 1,129 (2011-01-01) | ||
| Density | 44/km2 (114/sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1233 | ||
| Mayor | Jiří Franc | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 793 99 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
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Osoblaha (Czech pronunciation: [ˈosoblaɦa]; German: Hotzenplotz; Yiddish: האָצ׳פּלאָץ (Hotz'plotz, Hots'plots); Polish: Osobłoga) is a village in the Bruntál District of Czech Silesia in the Czech Republic in Osoblaha Hook. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The village is named after the Osoblaha River of the same name.
Osoblaha municipality is situated in the northern part of the microregion being the final stop of the narrow-gauge railway. The first mention of Osoblaha dates back to 1233 with gaining its town rights in 1251 which set principles to its economical development. However, small-town prosperity (Osoblaha had a population of nearly 5000 before World War II) was halted by World War II. Although Osoblaha was the first town in the Czech lands to be liberated by Soviet troops on 22 March 1945, the bitter fighting caused the destruction of 90% of all buildings. The German name of the municipality is "Hotzenplotz"; it served the German writer Otfried Preussler for naming his famous fairy-tale character of "Hotzenplotz the Robber". Currently, Osoblaha has a population of 1133.
According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 2,853 inhabitants, 2,759 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 2,754 (99.8%) were German-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 2,779 (97.4%), followed by Jews with 58 (2%).
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