Rusín

Rusín
Municipality
Chapel of the Virgin Mary
Flag Coat of arms
Rusín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°12′35″N 17°44′3″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Bruntál
First mentioned	1262
Area
• Total	14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi)
Elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Population  (2023-01-01)
• Total	145
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	793 97
Website	www.obecrusin.cz

Rusín (German: Rausen) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Hrozová and Matějovice are administrative parts of Rusín.

Geography

Rusín is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Bruntál and 55 km (34 mi) northwest of Ostrava. The municipality is situated in the Osoblažsko microregion on the border of with Poland. It lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point is the hill Rusínký kopec at 314 m (1,030 ft) above sea level.

The Hrozová stream, a tributary of the Osoblaha, forms the Czech-Polish border, then flows across the territory, and then forms a part of the northwestern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Rusín is in the will of Vok of Rosenberg from 1262. In 1331, Rusín was bought by Heinek of Głubczyce and annexed to the Głubczyce estate. He owned the village for about 20 years. After his death, Rusín was inherited by the Lords of Fullstein, who annexed it to the Fullstein estate and owned it in the following centuries.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,246 —     1880 1,217 −2.3% 1890 1,142 −6.2% 1900 1,072 −6.1% 1910 943 −12.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 924 −2.0% 1930 886 −4.1% 1950 467 −47.3% 1961 385 −17.6% 1970 318 −17.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 242 −23.9% 1991 174 −28.1% 2001 147 −15.5% 2011 132 −10.2% 2021 147 +11.4%
Source: Censuses

Sights

Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Hrozová

The landmark of the Hrozová village is the parish Church of Saint Michael the Archangel. The church was first mentioned in 1309 and is as old as the village. The church was modified several times, but the core is an early Gothic building from the 13th century. The Baroque windows are from 1758. In 2013, extraordinarily large frescoes were unveiled in the church. It is a painting from the last third of the 13th century, and is one of the most important late Romanesque frescoes in the country.

The Chapel of the Virgin Mary on the Rusínský kopec was built in 1816 and has become a pilgrimage site. After it was destroyed in 1945, a replica was built on its original site in the 1990s, which again became a pilgrimage site.

The Matějovice Cave is a pseudokarst cave located in the sandstone rock close to Matějovice. The passage is 16 metres (52 ft) long and 3–4 metres high.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Rusín is twinned with:

• Głubczyce, Poland

External links

• Official website