Stará Červená Voda () is a municipality and village in

Jeseník District Jeseník District () is a Okres, district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Jeseník. With approximately 36,000 inhabitants, it is the least populated district of the Czech Republic. Administrative division Je ...

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 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Stará Červená Voda consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Stará Červená Voda (369) *Nová Červená Voda (191)

Geography

Stará Červená Voda is located about north of

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 ...

and north 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 ...

, on the border with Poland. The northern part of the municipality with the built-up area lies in the

Žulová Hilly Land Žulová (until 1948 Frýdberk; ) is a town in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Žulová consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the ...

. The southern forested part belongs to the Golden Mountains. The highest point is the Sokolí vrch mountain at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Stará Červená Voda is in a deed from 1291, which described the situation in 1266. It was then part of the

Duchy of Nysa The Duchy of Nysa (, ) or Duchy of Neisse () was one of the duchies of Silesia with its capital at Nysa in Lower Silesia. Alongside the Duchy of Siewierz, it was the only ecclesiastical duchy in the Silesian region, as it was ruled by a bis ...

within fragmented

Piast The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great. Branches of ...

-ruled Poland. Later on, along with the Duchy of Nysa, it passed under

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suzerainty, and following the duchy's dissolution in 1850, it was incorporated directly into Bohemia. Following

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, from 1918, it formed part of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

. From 1938 to 1945, the municipality was occupied by Germany. It was the base for a German-operated working party (E433) of British and Commonwealth

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war for a ...

, under the administration of the Stalag VIII-B/344

prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...

Łambinowice Łambinowice is a village in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łambinowice. It lies approximately north-east of Nysa, Poland, Nysa and south-west of the region ...

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. On the Czech-Polish border is the road border crossing ''Stará Červená Voda / Jarnołtów''.

Sights

The main landmark of Stará Červená Voda is the Church of Corpus Cristi. It has an early Gothic core, which makes it one of the oldest churches in the region. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1755–1756. The presbytery is decorated by

fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

es from around 1510.

References

External links

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