Dolní Morava (german: Mohrau) is a municipality and village in
Ústí nad Orlicí District
Ústí nad Orlicí District ( cs, okres Ústí nad Orlicí) is a district (''okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Ústí nad Orlicí. The district has borders with Pardubice District to the west, Sv ...
in the
Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region ( cs, Pardubický kraj; , ; pl, Kraj pardubicki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Horní Morava and Velká Morava are administrative parts of Dolní Morava.
Geography
Dolní Morava is located about northeast of
Ústí nad Orlicí
Ústí nad Orlicí (; german: Wildenschwert) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The town lies in the Orlické Mountains on the confluence of the rivers Tichá Orlice and Třebovka. The town ...
and east of
Pardubice, on the border with
Poland
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. Most of the municipality lies in the
Snieznik Mountains. The highest mountain of the range and one of the highest in the country,
Králický Sněžník
Králický Sněžník () or Śnieżnik (Polish: ) is a mountain in Eastern Bohemia, located on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. With , it is the highest mountain of the Snieznik Mountains.
Etymology
The name ''Sněžník'' or ' ...
at above sea level, is situated in the northern part of the municipality.
The
Morava river, which gave the name to the villages in the municipality, springs on Králický Sněžník. It flows across the municipality and forms here the historic boundary between
Bohemia and
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The m ...
.
History
The area around the Morava River was settled during the second half of the 16th century. The first written mention of Morava is from 1577, Velká Morava was first mentioned in 1564. Before 1720, it was split into two separate villages of Dolní Morava and Horní Morava, administered as parts of the
Králíky estate. In 1850, the villages became three independent municipalities.
Historically, the territory was inhabited mainly by ethnic Germans. After the World War II, they were
expelled and partially replaced by Czech settlers. In 1960, Dolní Morava, Horní Morava and Velká Morava were merged into one municipality.
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Sights
Sky Bridge 721, the longest suspension footbridge in the world, is located here. The long bridge, located at an altitude of above sea level, was opened to the public in May 2022.Empire style
The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 durin ...
in 1801. The rectory dates from 1802.[
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References
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Villages in Ústí nad Orlicí District