Jeseník nad Odrou

Jeseník nad Odrou (formerly Německý Jeseník, German: Deutsch-Jaßnik) is a municipality and village in the Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

For other places with the similar name, see Jeseník (disambiguation).
Jeseník nad Odrou
Municipality
Jeseník nad Odrou Chateau
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Coat of arms
Jeseník nad Odrou
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°36′43″N 17°54′19″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictNový Jičín
First mentioned1383
Area
 • Total28.93 km2 (11.17 sq mi)
Elevation
264 m (866 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total1,972
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
741 01, 742 33
Websitejeseniknadodrou.cz

Administrative parts

Villages of Blahutovice, Hrabětice, Hůrka and Polouvsí are administrative parts of Jeseník nad Odrou.

Geography

There are springs in the area that provide drinkable mineral water.

History

The first written mention of the villages of Jeseník nad Odrou and Hůrka comes from 1383. The first mention of Polouvsí is from 1412 and of Blahutovice from 1499. Hrabětice was founded in 1772–1776.[2]

Jeseník nad Odrou and Hrabětice were merged into one municipality in 1957. Polouvsí was joined in 1975 and Blahutovice with Hůrka in 1976.[3]

War events

During March 1938 four of the five villages that now form the municipality were occupied and annexed by Nazi Germany, becoming an integral part of the Third Reich. The rest of Czech lands were occupied the year after, forming the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939. This protectorate included also the last part of the municipality, the Hůrka village. Jewish population of the municipality fled or was murdered during the Holocaust, while the German population was expelled after World War II, and the villages were repopulated by migrants from Czechoslovakia, Ukraine and Romania.

Former citizen of the municipality are now remembered by a Memorial of Reconciliation, jointly funded from Czech and German sources as well as the former German inhabitants of Jeseník nad Odrou.

Catastrophic floods in 2009

On the night of 24–25 June 2009, the village was hit by a sudden flood caused by a consecutive series of violent cloudbursts. Three people were killed and it caused extensive damage.[4][5] Jeseník nad Odrou was the area in the Czech Republic most affected by these floods.

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 30 April 2020.
  2. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Jeseník nad Odrou. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. "O obci" (in Czech). Obec Jeseník nad Odrou. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. "Záplavy si nejvíce obětí vyžádaly v Jeseníku nad Odrou". rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Czech Radio. 25 June 2009.
  5. "Počet obětí záplav už je deset, velká voda hrozí dál". lidovky.cz (in Czech). Lidové noviny. 25 June 2009.


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