Bohuslavice (Šumperk District)

Bohuslavice
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 / 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 (2023-01-01)
• Total	499
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	789 72
Website	www.bohuslavice.cz

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 km (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, 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[edit]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	556	—
1880	559	+0.5%
1890	557	−0.4%
1900	594	+6.6%
1910	555	−6.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	555	+0.0%
1930	551	−0.7%
1950	448	−18.7%
1961	474	+5.8%
1970	428	−9.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	464	+8.4%
1991	430	−7.3%
2001	470	+9.3%
2011	501	+6.6%
2021	491	−2.0%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Sights[edit]

The Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul dates from the second half of the 19th century.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Bohuslavice. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Šumperk" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
^ "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[edit]

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.

[history-2] "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Bohuslavice. Retrieved 2022-01-20.

[3] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Šumperk" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.

[4] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[5] "Kaple sv. Petra a Pavla, 2. polovina 19. století" (in Czech). Vlastivědné muzeum v Šumperku. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

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