Bohuslavice (Šumperk District)

Bohuslavice (German: Bohuslawitz) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Bohuslavice
Municipality
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
Country Czech Republic
RegionOlomouc
DistrictŠumperk
First mentioned1356
Area
 • Total3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total518
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
789 72
Websitewww.bohuslavice.cz

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Bohuslav. According to a legend, it was a fisherman who managed the ponds belonging to the nobility and for his services was commissioned to establish a village.[2]

Geography

Bohuslavice lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Šumperk, 35 km (22 mi) north-west of Olomouc, and 183 km (114 mi) east of Prague.

Bohuslavice is located in a flood plain of the Morava River. The Morava partially forms the western border of the municipality. Bohuslavice suffered several major floods in the 19th and 20th century, including the 1997 Central European flood.[2]

History

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, and incorporated into the Reichsgau Sudetenland, even though the village was entirely ethnically Czech.[2]

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Bohuslavice. Retrieved 2022-01-20.


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