Dlouhá Loučka () is a municipality and village in

Olomouc District Olomouc District () is a district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Olomouc. Administrative division Olomouc District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Dlouhá Loučka consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Dlouhá Loučka (1,686) *Křivá (27) *Plinkout (195)

Etymology

The name literally means 'long little meadow' in Czech, referring to the elongated shape of the village.

Geography

Dlouhá Loučka is located about north of

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

. It lies on the border between the

Upper Morava Valley The Upper Morava Valley () is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc and Zlín regions. Its name is derived from the Morava river that forms the axis of the territory. Geomorphology The Up ...

and

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range. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The

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River flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Dlouhá Loučka is from 1301, when it was owned by a local noble family, known as Lords of Loučka. In 1385, the village was administratively divided into two parts (Horní Dlouhá Loučka and Dolní Dlouhá Loučka), which had different owners. Horní Dlouhá Loučka was annexed to the

Sovinec Sovinec () is a castle in Jiříkov of Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is situated on a cone-shaped hill located in the Nízký Jeseník range. History Lords of Sovinec In the second half of the 13th ce ...

estate, while Dolní Dlouhá Loučka was a property of the Olomouc bishopric. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, both municipalities reached their peak of population and Dolní Dlouhá Loučka was promoted to a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

. It lost its title after World War II. In 1952, the municipalities were merged under the name Dlouhá Loučka. In 1960, the municipalities of Plinkout and Křivá were annexed to Dlouhá Loučka.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The most important monument of Dlouhá Loučka is the Church of Saint Bartholomew. It has a core from the 15th century, but its present apppearance is a result of younger reconstructions. A notable building is the Renaissance fortress from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, also called Dolní Dlouhá Loučka Castle. Today it housed the municipal office. Horní Dlouhá Loučka Castle was built in 1708–1709 and rebuilt in the Neoclassical style in the first half of the 19th century. It is surrounded by a landscape park. Due to its dilapidated condition, the building's status of a cultural monument was revoked. A technical monument is the Baroque three-arch stone bridge called ''Svatojánský most'' ("Saint John's Bridge"). It was probably built in 1712. It is decorated with a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk.

Notable people

Lev Skrbenský z Hříště Lev Skrbenský z Hříště, , also spelt ''Skrebensky'' (12 June 1863, Hausdorf (now a part of Bartošovice), Moravia, Austria-Hungary – 24 December 1938, Dlouhá Loučka, Czechoslovakia) was a prominent Cardinal in the Catholic Church during ...

(1863–1938), Cardinal of the Catholic Church; died here

References

External links

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