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

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Rýmařov (German: Römerstadt) was first mentioned in 1350 as Reymarstat. In 1406 it received the status of a town. As the region was rich in ores such as gold, silver, iron, lead, zinc and copper, the town obtained a mining privilege in 1528. In the 18th century mining was terminated and the cloth-making industry, especially silk production, gained importance. The industry grew further when a railway line to Rýmařov was opened in 1878. Rýmařov was a district town until 1960 when it became part of the district of Bruntál (Freudenthal).

The parish church of St. Michael the Archangel (farní kostel svatého Archanděla Michaela) [right, no. 737: top left] was originally built in Gothic style and was remodelled in Renaissance style after a fire at the beginning of the 17th century.

The small pilgrimage chapel 'v lipkách' ('among the linden-trees; German: In den Linden or Lindenkirche as inscribed on the glass) [left, no. 1025] was built 1710–1715 in Baroque style in a suburb of Rýmařov. The chapel contains frescos of the moravian Baroque painter Johann Christoph HANDKE (1694–1774) who was born in Janušov (German: Johnsdorf) near Rýmařov. One of the figures on the frescos is believed to be a self-portrait of Handke.