Mírov (german: Mürau) is a municipality and village in

Šumperk District Šumperk District ( cs, okres Šumperk) is a district ('' okres'') within the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic Its administrative centre is the town of Šumperk. Šumperk District shares border with the districts of Olomouc (to the south), Svi ...

in the

Olomouc Region Olomouc Region ( cs, Olomoucký kraj; , ; pl, Kraj ołomuniecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (''Morava'') and in a small part of t ...

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 300 inhabitants.

Geography

Mírov is located about southwest of

Šumperk Šumperk (; german: Mährisch Schönberg) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 26,000 inhabitants. It is the centre of the north of Moravia and, due to its location, is known as "The Gate to the Jeseníky mountains. ...

and northwest of

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

. It lies in the

Zábřeh Highlands Zábřeh (; german: Hohenstadt) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Dolní Bušínov, Hněvkov, Pivonín and Václavov are administrative p ...

. The highest point is a hill at above sea level. The Mírovka Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Mírov is from 1266. A medieval castle from the mid-12th century in Mírov was rebuilt into a Baroque fortress in 1684. It served as the occasional seat of the Olomouc archbishop until 1741, when it was looted by

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n army. In 1750, the fortress was rebuilt into a prison. In 1850, the prison was bought by the state, a neo-Gothic reconstruction was carried out and a state prison was set up there. From 1980 to 1990, Mírov was an administrative part of

Mohelnice 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. Administrat ...

Economy

Today, the castle serves as a high-security and maximum security prison. With about 260 employers it is the main employer in Mírov.

Notable people

Karl Michael von Levetzow Karl Michael von Levetzow (10 April 1871, Dobromilice – 4 October 1945, Mírov) was a Moravian German poet and librettist.Christian Mueller-Goldingen, Kurt Sier - LENAIKA: Festschrift für Carl Werner Müller zum 65. Geburtstag 3110957019 ...

(1871–1945), German poet and librettist; died here *

Hugo Sonnenschein Hugo Sonnenschein (pseudonym: ''Sonka, Hugo Sonka'') (May 25, 1889, Kyjov, – July 20, 1953, Mírov) was an Austrian writer from Bohemia. He contributed to the Czech-language Communist newspaper ''Průkopník svobody ''Průkopník svobody'' ('Pi ...

(1889–1953), Austrian writer; died here *

Štefan Tiso Štefan Tiso (October 18, 1897 – March 28, 1959) was a lawyer and president of the Supreme Court of the 1939–1945 Slovak Republic which was a puppet state of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi ...

(1897–1959), Slovak politician and lawyer; died here *

János Esterházy Count János Eszterházy (; rarely sk, Ján Esterházi; March 14, 1901 – March 8, 1957) was a prominent ethnic Hungarian politician in inter-war Czechoslovakia and later in the First Slovak Republic. He was a member of the Czechoslovak Parl ...

(1901–1957), Hungarian politician; died here

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirov Villages in Šumperk District