Bohuslavice (Šumperk District)
Bohuslavice | |
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.jpg) Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Bohuslavice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°49′34″N 16°56′26″E / 49.82611°N 16.94056°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Olomouc |
| District | Šumperk |
| First mentioned | 1356 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 259 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 497 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 789 72 |
| Website | www |
Bohuslavice (German: Bohuslawitz) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Etymology
[edit]The name is derived from the personal name Bohuslav. According to legend, it was a fisherman who managed the fishponds belonging to the nobility and for his services was commissioned to establish a village.[2]
Geography
[edit]Bohuslavice is located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Šumperk and 33 km (21 mi) northwest of Olomouc. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Mohelnice Depression. The municipality is situated in a floodplain of the Morava River, in the Haná fertile region. The Morava partially forms the western border of the municipality.
History
[edit]The first written mention of Bohuslavice is from 1356. The village was founded in around 1250. The population was purely Czech, without German minority. In the 15th century, a set of fish ponds was created here.[2]
Bohuslavice was completely destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. After the war, the village was resettled, again only by Czechs. In the mid-19th century, the set of ponds was dissolved.[2]
The municipality was ceded to Nazi Germany after the Munich Agreement in 1938, and incorporated into the Reichsgau Sudetenland, even though the village was entirely ethnically Czech.[2]
Bohuslavice suffered several major floods in the 19th and 20th century, including the 1997 Central European flood.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
[edit]There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
[edit]The main landmark of Bohuslavice is the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul. It dates from the second half of the 19th century.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Bohuslavice. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kaple sv. Petra a Pavla, 2. polovina 19. století" (in Czech). Vlastivědné muzeum v Šumperku. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
External links
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