Kopřivná () is a municipality and village in

Šumperk District Šumperk District () is a Okres, district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Šumperk. Administrative division Šumperk District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extende ...

in the

Olomouc Region Olomouc Region (; , ; ) is an administrative unit () 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 the historical region of Czech Silesia (''České Sl ...

of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Kopřivná consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kopřivná (261) *Lužná (21)

Etymology

The original German name ''Geppersdorf'' ("Gepper's village") was derived from the personal name of the ''

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'' of the village. The Czech name was created in 1846, when the German letter "g" was replaced by similarly sounding Czech "kopř-", thus the new name was ''Kopřinov''. The word "Kopřivnov" reminded the Czech word ''kopřiva'' (i.e. '

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'), so the name was changed to ''Kopřivná'' in 1924.

Geography

Kopřivná is located about north of

Šumperk Šumperk (; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, but it also contains valuable historical and architectural monuments. The historic town centre is well preserved and i ...

and northwest of

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

. It lies in the

Hanušovice Highlands Hanušovice Highlands (, ) are highlands within the Eastern Sudetes mountain range that runs between Poland and the Czech Republic. It is named after Hanušovice town. The area is 793 km² and its average elevation is 527.2 meters. The hig ...

. The highest point is a hill at above sea level. The eponymous creek Kopřivná springs here and flows across the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Kopřivná is from 1414, where it is mentioned as a part of the Bludov estate. The population was ethnically

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until

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. After the war, Germans were expelled and the village was partially resettled by Czechs.

Demographics

Transport

The railway line

–

Jeseník Jeseník (; until 1947 Frývaldov (); , ) is a spa town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Jeseník consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 202 ...

runs along the western municipal border outside the built-up area.

Sights

The main landmark of Kopřivná is the Church of the Holy Trinity. The original church was first mentioned in 1594, but due to its poor condition, it was replaced by the current one in 1747. Nový Hrad is a castle ruin in the woods in the western part of the territory. The castle was first mentioned in 1374, and it was referred to as abandoned in 1504. Remains of walls with prismatic bastions, moats, a cylindrical tower and fragments of a residential palace have been preserved from the original castle.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koprivna Villages in Šumperk District