Šumperk

Šumperk
Šumperk
Town
Main street
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Czech Republic
Region Olomouc
District Šumperk
Commune Šumperk
River Desná
Elevation 315 m (1,033 ft)
Coordinates 49°57′55″N 16°58′15″E / 49.96528°N 16.97083°E / 49.96528; 16.97083
Area 27.91 km2 (10.78 sq mi)
Population 28 069 (2007)
Founded 1269
Mayor Zdeněk Brož
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 787 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Šumperk
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.musumperk.cz

Šumperk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃumpɛrk]; German: Mährisch Schönberg) is a town and district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It is called "The Gate to Jeseníky mountains."

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History

A View of Šumperk, painting by N. Malizius from 1864

Šumperk was founded by German colonists in 1269. The German name Schönberg means "beautiful hill", and the name Šumperk is a Czech garbling of the original German name. The town of Šumperk became the center of the area. It was located on a trade route, and the town profited from the copper mines. Šumperk was a possession of the Moravian margrave until the 15th century. Petr ze Žerotína bought the town and had the city walls improved. The town became very rich in the 16th century from the production of top-quality cloth, better than was known in western Europe. The town became able to buy itself and it became a royal city, meaning that the king was the only owner, and there was no nobility. The town was substantially damaged in the Thirty Years' War, because it was an active member of Protestant alliance. Šumperk was punished by losing its royal statute and became a possession of Lichtenstein family.

A later tragedy was a huge fire in 1669 in which 244 houses were destroyed.

The end of 17th century saw witch trials, in which 25 men and women were burnt as witches.

In 1930 Šumperk had about 12,000 citizens, of whom one quarter were Czechs and the rest Germans.

In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, Šumperk was occupied by the Wehrmacht and most Czech citizens were expelled to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. As the war ended the town was liberated by the Russian Red Army and all of Germans were expelled to Germany.

During the Prague Spring the area was occupied by the Polish army on 21 August 1968. The Polish army was replaced by the Red Army on 3 October 1968. Jan Zajíc and Jan Palach both protested the occupation by self-immolation (in Prague). The Red Army moved out in 1991 after the Velvet Revolution.

Culture, sport and architecture

  • Cathedral of Holy Ghost
  • Evangelic church
  • St. Barbara Church
  • St. John the Evangelist Church
  • Lady Day Church
  • Town sightseeing zone
  • Homeland Study Museum (Vlastivědné muzeum)
  • Theatre Šumperk (Divadlo Šumperk)
  • Natural Preserve Jeseník Mountains (CHKO Jeseníky)
  • Swimming pool
  • Cinema
  • Háj watchtower
  • middle-age town hall

People

Other residents

  • Jaroslav Mostecký, Czech author, (de)

Partnerships

External links


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