Písečná (Jeseník District)
Písečná (until 1948 Sandhýbl; German: Sandhübel) is a municipality and village in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Písečná | |
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namesticko_CZ.jpg.webp) Square in Písečná | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Písečná Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°16′23″N 17°15′14″E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Olomouc |
| District | Jeseník |
| First mentioned | 1373 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.43 km2 (3.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
| Population (2022-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 979 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 790 82 |
| Website | www |
Písečná lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Jeseník, 76 km (47 mi) north of Olomouc, and 204 km (127 mi) east of Prague.
Administrative parts
The village of Studený Zejf and the hamlet of Chebzí are administrative parts of Písečná.
History
A large village called Waltersdorf was located somewhere in the area of the today's municipality. It was first mentioned in 1284 and extinct before 1420. Today's Písečná is rather associated with another village or part of the village called Wüstekirche, which was first mentioned in 1373 and abandoned after 1443. A hundred years later, the area was resettled again and named Sandhübel.[2]
In the 16th century, the settlement was part of the Duchy of Nysa under Bohemian suzerainty. After the duchy's dissolution in 1850, it was incorporated directly into Bohemia. Following World War I, from 1918, it formed part of Czechoslovakia, and from 1938 to 1945 it was occupied by Germany.
During the occupation (World War II), the Germans operated three forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village. The Allied POWs worked at the local brickworks (subcamp E174), paper mill (E175) and quarry (E401).[3]
References
- "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
- "Historie a současnost" (in Czech). Obec Písečná. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
