Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
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Kutná Hora is a city in Bohemia, in the central part of the Czech Republic. It covers 33.05 sq km (12.76 sq mi) and has a population of 21,000 people (2011 estimate). The city is 254 m (833 ft) above sea level. Its old town of Kutná Hora was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1995.

Kutná Hora was founded in 1142 when a Cistercian monastery was built there. The town grew due to wealth derived from silver mining which began in 1260, when German miners began mining the ore in the Kuttenberg mountains. It was so wealthy that from the 13th to the 16th century, it competed with Prague as the most important town in the region.

Kutná Hora came under the rule of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1526. Its years of prosperity came to an end in 1546, when its richest mine was destroyed by floods. This brought about the beginning of a decline for the city, compounded further by plague and the Thirty Years' War.

Interior of the Church of Our Lady, Kutná Hora
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From the Habsburg Monarchy, rule over Kutná Hora passed to the Austrian Empire in 1806, and to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1866. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved following World War I, it became part of Czechoslovakia for the first time, only to be annexed by Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. After the war, it reverted to Czechoslovakia until its dissolution in 1993, when it became part of the Czech Republic.

Visiting Kutná Hora

You can reach Kutná Hora from Prague by train. To get to the city center, buy the ticket to Kutná Hora město. It takes between an hour to an hour and a half to reach Kutná Hora.

Audience Hall, Italian Court, Kutná Hora
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Places of Interest in Kutná Hora

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