Stará Červená Voda (german: Alt Rothwasser) is a municipality and village in

Jeseník District Jeseník District ( cs, okres Jeseník) is a district ('' okres'') in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its seat is the town of Jeseník. With approximately 38,000 inhabitants it is the least populated district of the Czech Republic. The a ...

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 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Nová Červená Voda is an administrative part of Stará Červená Voda.

Geography

Stará Červená Voda is located about north of Jeseník and north of Olomouc, on the border with

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. The northern part of the municipality with the built-up area lies in the

Žulová Hilly Land Žulová (until 1948 Frýdberk; german: Friedeberg) is a town in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Tomíkovice is an administrative part of Žulová. ...

. The southern forested part belongs to the Golden Mountains. The highest point is the Sokolí vrch mountain at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Stará Červená Voda is in a deed from 1291, which described the situation in 1266. It was then part of the

Duchy of Nysa The Duchy of Nysa ( pl, Księstwo Nyskie, cs, Niské knížectví) or Duchy of Neisse (german: Herzogtum Neisse) was one of the duchies of Silesia with its capital at Nysa in Lower Silesia. Alongside the Duchy of Siewierz, it was the only eccle ...

within fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. Later on, along with the Duchy of Nysa, it passed under

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suzerainty, and following the duchy's dissolution in 1850, it was incorporated directly into Bohemia. Following

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, from 1918, it formed part of

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. From 1938 to 1945, the village was occupied by Germany. It was the base for a German-operated working party (E433) of British and Commonwealth

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold priso ...

, under the administration 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 ...

at Łambinowice. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into German-occupied territories, the prisoners were marched by the Germans westward in the

Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Chinese Red Army, Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Revolut ...

. Many of them died, rest of them was liberated by the allied armies after some four months of travelling on foot.

Demographics

Transport

There is the road border crossing with Poland ''Stará Červená Voda /

Jarnołtów Jarnołtów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately south of Otmuchów, south-west of Nysa, and south-w ...

''.

Sights

The main landmark of Stará Červená Voda is the Church of Corpus Cristi. It has an early Gothic core, which makes it one of the oldest churches in the region. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1755–1756. The presbytery is decorated by

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

es from around 1510.

References

External links

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