Postřelmov (german: Gross Heilendorf) is a municipality and village in
Šumperk District in the
Olomouc Region of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 3,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Postřelmov 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 ...
lowland. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers
Morava and
Desná.
History
The first written mention of Postřelmov is from 1349. In the 15th century, the largest pond in
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The me ...
with an area of was built here, but only a part of the embankment has survived to this day. For centuries, Postřelmov was an agricultural village, but at the end of the 19th century, it was industrialised.
Demographics
Transport
Postřelmov is located on the railway lines
Brno
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–Šumperk and
Nezamyslice
Nezamyslice is a market town in Prostějov District 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 pa ...
–
Kouty nad Desnou.
Sights
The landmark of Postřelmov is the Church of Saint Matthew. The original Gothic church was probably built in the 14th century, but it was destroyed by a fire in 1664 or 1665, and rebuilt in the Baroque style. In 1853, it was reconstructed and extended.
The most valuable buildings are the Renaissance tomb of the noble Bukůvka of Bukůvka family from 1592, and the early Baroque Chapel of Saint Procopius from 1696.
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Notable people
* Lubomír Doležel (1922–2017), literary theorist; grew up here
Twin towns – sister cities
Postřelmov is twinned with:Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom
Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom ( hu, Kemenec) is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. It includes the former separate villages Horny Kamenec and Dolny Kamenec.
History
In historical records the v ...
, Slovakia
* Moyenneville, France
* Willingham by Stow
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, England, United Kingdom
References
External links
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Villages in Šumperk District