ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Moravskoslezský kraj	North Moravia and Silesia (Ostrava) region
Okres: Opava

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Budišov nad Budišovkou is situated at an elevation of 512 m in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, about 30 km southwest of the district town, Opava. The municipality of Budišov nad Budišovkou has a population of about 2,900 (2016).

The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1239 in relation to a dispute between the monastery of Hradisko and the cathedral chapter of Olomouc. A document of 1301 suggests that Budišov already at that time had the character of a town. At that time it was the centre of the local silver mining activities. In 1323 it became a property of the archbishops of Olomouc. Budišov flourished in the 15th, 16th century. However, during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) it was destroyed by Swedish and Danish troops. Ensuing epidemics further decimated the population. As the town was located far from the major traffic routes, the industrialisation of the 19th century did not affect Budišov. Home weaving and some clay shale mining remained the major trades until a tobacco factory was founded in 1870. The branch line from Bautsch to Zauchtel (Suchdol nad Odrou) connected the town to the railroad system in 1891 so that finally more factories were founded. After World War I the area became part of Czechoslovakia with the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919). Still, 95% of the population were German-speaking. The Munich Agreement (1938) between the main powers of Europe (excluding the Soviet Union) permitted the annexation of the area to Germany as part of the district Bärn (Moravský Beroun). Most of the Czech-speaking remaining population were expelled until later of that year. After World War II the area was returned to the Czech Republic. On the basis of the Beneš decrees, the German-speaking population was expelled and dispossessed, and Bautsch was renamed Budišov nad Budišovkou.

The parish church of the Ascension of Our Lady [background centre] was built in 1746–1755 in Baroque style by the architect Nikolaus Thalherr.

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