Písečná (until 1948 Sandhýbl; german: Sandhübel) 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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Studený Zejf and the hamlet of Chebzí are administrative parts of Písečná.
Geography
Písečná is located northeast of
Jeseník and north of
Olomouc. It lies mostly in the
Zlatohorská Highlands, but a small part of the municipal territory extends into the
Golden Mountains. The highest point is at above sea level. The built-up area is situated in the valley of the Bělá River. The municipality is partially located in the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area.
History
A large village called ''Waltersdorf'' was located somewhere in the area of the today's municipality. It was first mentioned in 1284 and extinct before 1420. Today's Písečná is rather associated with another village or part of the village called ''Wüstekirche'', which was first mentioned in 1373 and abandoned after 1443. A hundred years later, the area was resettled again and named ''Sandhübel''.
In the 16th century, the settlement was 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 ...
under
Bohemian
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suzerainty. After the duchy's dissolution in 1850, it was incorporated directly into Bohemia. Following
World War I, from 1918, it formed part of
Czechoslovakia.
During
World War II, the
German occupiers operated three
forced labour
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subcamps of the
Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village. The
Allied
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POWs worked at the local brickworks (subcamp E174), paper mill (E175) and quarry (E401).
Sights
The main landmark of Písečná is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. A chapel, probably built in the 14th century, was rebuilt into the current Baroque church in 1753.
References
External links
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Villages in Jeseník District
Czech Silesia