Pustá Polom () is a municipality and village in
Opava District
Opava District () is a Districts of the Czech Republic, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava.
Administrative division
Opava District is divided into four Districts of the Czech Republic#M ...
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
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. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Etymology
The village was initially named just Polom. The word ''polom'' denotes a forest of broken trees and the name arose from the establishment of the village on the site of such a forest. The attribute ''pustá'' (meaning 'desolate') was added in the 16th century, after the village was resettled.
Geography
Pustá Polom is located about southeast of
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 west 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 Sezina Stream originates here and flows to the south.
History
The first written mention of Pustá Polom is from 1238, when King
Ottokar I donated the village to the Hradisko Monastery at
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 ...
. The monastery owned Pustá Polom until 1440. After that, it was alternately owned by the Lords of Kravaře and Lords of Raduň. In the second half of the 15th century, the village was depopulated and abandoned. It was settled again only in the second half of the 16th century. During the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...
, the village was badly damaged and the population decreased. In 1692, Pustá Polom was bought by nobleman Karl Frydrych Kalkreuter and annexed to the
Kyjovice estate.
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Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua. It is located in the woods north of the village. It is a small chapel, which probably dates from the mid-18th century.
The main landmark of Pustá Polom is the Church of Saint Martin. It was built in 1802–1804.[
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Notable people
*Jan Novotný
Jan Novotný (17 June 1929 – 23 January 2005) was a Czech glass artist, painter and art teacher.
Biography
Novotný was born in Pustá Polom, Czechoslovakia and studied at the secondary glass school in Kamenický Šenov and from 1952 at the Ac ...
(1929–2005), glass artist and painter
References
External links
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Villages in Opava District