Úvalno () is a municipality and village in

Bruntál District Bruntál District () is a Okres, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Bruntál, but the most populated town is Krnov. Administrative division Bruntál District is divided into three Districts o ...

in the

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Úvalno is located about northwest from

Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

and northwest from

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, on the border with Poland. It lies mostly in the

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

range, only a small eastern part extends into the Opava Hilly Land. The highest point is at above sea level. The Czech-Polish border is formed by the

River.

History

The first written mention of Úvalno is from 1238. Before World War II, the municipality has a German majority. After the war, the German-speaking inhabitants were expelled and Úvalno was repopulated by Czechs.

Demographics

Transport

The I/57 road (the section from

Krnov Krnov (; , or ''Krnów'') is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Krnov consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to ...

) passes through the municipality. Úvalno is located on the Opava–

Rýmařov Rýmařov (; ) is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones ...

railway line.

Sights

The main landmark of Úvalno is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was originally a Gothic church from the second half of the 14th century, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1762. Hans Kudlich Observation Tower is situated on a hill above the village. It is a brick tower, built in 1912–1913 in honour of Hans Kudlich, an important native of Úvalno. A cultural monument is also the grave and memorial of Hans Kudlich in the local cemetery.

Notable people

* Hans Kudlich (1823–1917), Austrian political activist, writer and physician

Twin towns – sister cities

Úvalno is twinned with: *

Branice Branice is a village located in the Opole Voivodeship (Silesia, south-western Poland), near the border with the Czech Republic. It belongs to Głubczyce County and is the seat of Gmina Branice. In 2006 it was inhabited by 2,300 people. It lies ap ...

, Poland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uvalno Villages in Bruntál District