Stará Červená Voda

Stará Červená Voda (German: Alt Rothwasser) is a village and municipality (obec) in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of the country, on the border with Poland.

Stará Červená Voda
Municipality
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Stará Červená Voda
Coordinates: 50°20′39″N 17°11′47″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionOlomouc
DistrictJeseník
First mentioned1291
Area
 • Total36.67 km2 (14.16 sq mi)
Elevation
304 m (997 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total687
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Postal code
790 53
Websitehttp://www.staracervenavoda.cz

The municipality covers an area of 36.67 square kilometres (14.16 sq mi), and has a population of 648 (as at 3 July 2006).

Stará Červená Voda lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Jeseník, 84 km (52 mi) north of Olomouc, and 200 km (124 mi) east of Prague.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1291, when it was part of the Duchy of Nysa within fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. Later on, along with the Duchy of Nysa, it passed under Bohemian (Czech) suzerainty, and following the duchy's dissolution in 1850, it was incorporated directly into Bohemia. Following World War I, from 1918, it formed part of Czechoslovakia.

From 1938 to 1945 the village was occupied by Germany. It was the base for a German-operated working party (E433) of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp at Łambinowice.[1] In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into German-occupied territories, the prisoners were marched by the Germans westward in the so-called Long March or Death March. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the allied armies after some four months of travelling on foot in appalling conditions.[2]

References
  1. "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Stalag VIIIB 344 Lamsdorf". Stalag VIIIB 344 Lamsdorf. Retrieved 2016-11-09.



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