Chromeč is a municipality and village in
Šumperk District in the
Olomouc Region of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Geography
Chromeč is located about southwest of
Šumperk and northwest 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 ...
valley. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the
Morava River.
History
The first written mention of Chromeč is from 1353, when the recent area was divided into several parts kept by multiple owners. From 1658 until the abolishment of
manorialism
Manorialism, also known as the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, sometimes forti ...
in 1848, Chromeč was a part of the
Bludov estate.
During
World War II
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, the
German occupiers operated the E384
forced labour
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subcamp of the
Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured by a belligerent power in time of war.
There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. P ...
in the village.
From 1976 to 1990, Chromeč was an administrative part of
Bludov. The municipality became autonomous on 24 November 1990.
Demographics
Transport
The I/11 road, which connects
Hradec Králové with
Šumperk and continues further to
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...
, passes through the municipality.
Sights
There are no protected
cultural monuments
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in the municipality.
The main landmark of Chromeč is the modern Church of Saint John of Nepomuk.
Notable people
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Josef Drásal
Josef Drásal (4 July 1841 – 16 December 1886) is the tallest Czechs, Czech who ever lived and one of the List of tallest people, tallest people of the world. He measured at least and weighed .
Life
Drásal was born in Chromeč, into a poor f ...
(1841–1886), the tallest Czech ever
References
External links
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Villages in Šumperk District