Rusín

Rusín (German: Rausen) is a village and municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Rusín is a municipality first mentioned in 1262, lying at the eastermost corner of Osoblažsko region. Nowadays it has a population of 150 inhabitants in three local districts – Rusín, Hrozová and Matějovice. The village is dominated by the Chapel of the Virgin Mary, located on the Rusin hill (314 m.s.l.) mainly due to its location and importance for Czech – Polish and German relations. The chapel with the same name stood there since 1814 but it was destroyed by heavy bombardment at the end of World War II. It was replaced with a replica constructed in 1992-1993 by the impulse of Professor Joseph Scharbert,...