Vápenná (until 1949 Zighartice; german: Setzdorf) 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
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
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. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.
Vápenná lies approximately north-west of
Jeseník
Jeseník (; until 1947 Frývaldov (); german: Freiwaldau, pl, Frywałdów) is a spa town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bukovice and Dětřichov are administrative ...
, north 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 ...
, and east of
Prague
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.
Administrative parts
The hamlet of Polka is an administrative part of Vápenná.
History
The first written mention of Zighartice is from 1358. The village was abandoned in around 1420, but was resettled in 1576.
During the
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the
German occupiers operated four
forced labour
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subcamps 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 the local quarries.
In 1949, the municipality was renamed Vápenná.
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Notable people
*Emil Beier
Karl Emil Oskar Beier (29 November 1893, Vápenná – 12 May 1985, Fulda) was a German Nazi politician and SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945). From 1940 to 1945, he was the mayor of Ostrav ...
(1893–1985), Nazi German politician
References
External links
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Villages in Jeseník District
Czech Silesia
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