Jeseník nad Odrou (until 1946 Německý Jeseník; ) is a municipality and village in

Nový Jičín District Nový Jičín District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Nový Jičín. Administrative division Nový Jičín District is divided into five administrative districts of municipalitie ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Jeseník nad Odrou consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Jeseník nad Odrou (996) *Blahutovice (177) *Hrabětice (55) *Hůrka (317) *Polouvsí (247)

Geography

Jeseník nad Odrou is located about west of

Nový Jičín Nový Jičín (; ) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservati ...

and southwest of

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. Most of the municipal territory lies in the

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, only the southeastern part with the village of Hůrka lies in the

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. The highest point is the hill Hůrka at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the

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River. The Luha Stream flows through the municipality and then joins the Oder. There are several fishponds in the municipality. The northern part of the municipality lies within the

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History

The first written mention of the villages of Jeseník nad Odrou and Hůrka comes from 1383. The first mention of Polouvsí is from 1412 and of Blahutovice from 1499. Hrabětice was founded between 1772 and 1776. During March 1938, four of the five villages that now form the municipality were occupied and annexed by

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. The rest of Czech lands were occupied the year after, forming the

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in 1939. This protectorate included also the last part of the municipality, the Hůrka village. Jewish population of the municipality fled or was killed during

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, while the German population was expelled after World War II. Jeseník nad Odrou and Hrabětice were merged into one municipality in 1957. Polouvsí was joined in 1975 and Blahutovice with Hůrka in 1976. On the night of 24–25 June 2009, the village was hit by a sudden flood caused by a consecutive series of violent

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s. Three people were killed and it caused extensive damage. Jeseník nad Odrou was the area in the Czech Republic most affected by these floods.

Demographics

Transport

Jeseník nad Odrou is located on the railway line Ostrava– Hranice.

Sights

The late Baroque castle dates from 1728. Today it is privately owned and inaccessible. The castle is surrounded by a small English-style park. The parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in 1752. It replaced an old wooden church, destroyed by the fire in 1710. There are six springs in the area that provide drinkable mineral water with high iron content. They were discovered in the mid-19th century. Two of the springs are freely accessible.

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