Postřelmov

Postřelmov
Municipality
Railway station
Flag Coat of arms
Postřelmov Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°54′27″N 16°54′44″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Olomouc
District	Šumperk
First mentioned	1349
Area
• Total	9.55 km^2 (3.69 sq mi)
Elevation	284 m (932 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	2,987
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	789 69
Website	www.postrelmov.cz

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.

Geography

Postřelmov 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

The 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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 855 —     1880 1,145 +33.9% 1890 1,179 +3.0% 1900 1,316 +11.6% 1910 1,767 +34.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,798 +1.8% 1930 1,975 +9.8% 1950 1,735 −12.2% 1961 2,148 +23.8% 1970 2,429 +13.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 2,819 +16.1% 1991 3,204 +13.7% 2001 3,235 +1.0% 2011 3,156 −2.4% 2021 2,832 −10.3%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

Postřelmov is located on the railway lines Brno–Šumperk and Nezamyslice–Kouty nad Desnou.^[5]

Sights

Bukůvka of Bukůvka family tomb

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

• Lubomír Doležel (1922–2017), literary theorist; grew up here

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Postřelmov is twinned with:^[7]

• Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom, Slovakia
• Moyenneville, France
• Willingham by Stow, England, United Kingdom

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Postřelmov. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Detail stanice Postřelmov" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
6. "Postřelmov, farní kostel sv. Matouše" (in Czech). Noc kostelů. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
7. "Družební obce" (in Czech). Obec Postřelmov. Retrieved 2022-01-25.

External links

• Official website