Oborná (until 1947 Špilendorf; ) 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

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Geography

Oborná is located about northeast of

Bruntál Bruntál (; ) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zon ...

and northwest of

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 ...

. It lies 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. The highest point is at above sea level. The built-up area lies in the valley of the brook of Oborenský potok.

History

The first written mention of Špilendorf is from 1405. According to the

Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austria ...

census of 1910, the municipality had 511 inhabitants, all of them were German-speaking. The most-populous religious group were

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with 505 (98.8%). In 1947, the municipality was renamed from Špilendorf to its current name.

Demographics

Transport

The I/45 road 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. The railway line Bruntál–

Milotice nad Opavou Milotice nad Opavou () is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central ...

runs through the municipal territory, but there is no train station. The municipality is served by the station in neighbouring Bruntál.

Sights

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality. The main landmark is the Church of the Holy Trinity.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oborna Villages in Bruntál District