Postřelmov (German: Gross Heilendorf) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants.
Postřelmov | |
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  Postřelmov Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°54′27″N 16°54′44″E / 49.90750°N 16.91222°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Olomouc |
| District | Šumperk |
| First mentioned | 1349 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 284 m (932 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,987 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 789 69 |
| Website | www |
Geography
editPostřelmov is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Šumperk and 42 km (26 mi) northwest of Olomouc. It lies in the Mohelnice Depression lowland. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Morava and Desná.
History
editThe first written mention of Postřelmov is from 1349. In the 15th century, the largest pond in Moravia with an area of 106 ha (260 acres) was built here, but only a part of the embankment has survived to this day. For centuries, Postřelmov was an agricultural village, but at the end of the 19th century, it was industrialised.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
editPostřelmov is located on the railway lines Brno–Šumperk and Nezamyslice–Kouty nad Desnou.[5]
Sights
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The main landmark of Postřelmov is the Church of Saint Matthew. The original Gothic church was probably built in the 14th century, but it was destroyed by a fire in 1664 or 1665, and rebuilt in the Baroque style. In 1853, it was reconstructed and extended.[6]
The most valuable buildings are the Renaissance tomb of the noble Bukůvka of Bukůvka family from 1592, and the early Baroque Chapel of Saint Procopius from 1696.[2]
Notable people
edit- Lubomír Doležel (1922–2017), literary theorist; grew up here
Twin towns – sister cities
editPostřelmov is twinned with:[7]
Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom, Slovakia
Moyenneville, France
Willingham by Stow, England, United Kingdom
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Postřelmov. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Detail stanice Postřelmov" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "Postřelmov, farní kostel sv. Matouše" (in Czech). Noc kostelů. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ "Družební obce" (in Czech). Obec Postřelmov. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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