Bohuslavice (german: Bohuslawitz) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name ''Bohuslav''. According to a legend, it was a fisherman who managed the ponds belonging to the nobility and for his services was commissioned to establish a village.

Geography

Bohuslavice is located about south of Šumperk and north-west of Olomouc. It lies in the

Mohelnice Depression Mohelnice (; german: Müglitz) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrati ...

. Bohuslavice is situated in a floodplain of the Morava River. The Morava partially forms the western border of the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Bohuslavice is from 1356. The village was founded in around 1250. The population was purely Czech, without German minority. In the 15th century, a set of fish ponds was created here. Bohuslavice was completely destroyed during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

. After the war, the village was resettled, again only by Czechs. In the mid-19th century, the set of ponds was dissolved. The municipality was ceded to

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

after the

Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement ( cs, Mnichovská dohoda; sk, Mníchovská dohoda; german: Münchner Abkommen) was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, Germany, the United Kingdom, French Third Republic, France, and Fa ...

, and incorporated into the

Reichsgau Sudetenland The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the ''Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement. ...

, even though the village was entirely ethnically Czech. Bohuslavice suffered several major floods in the 19th and 20th century, including the

1997 Central European flood The 1997 Central European flood or the 1997 Oder Flood of the Oder and Morava (river), Morava river basins in July 1997 affected Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, taking the lives of 114 people and causing material damages estimated at $4.5 ...

Sights

The Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul dates from the second half of the 19th century.

References

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