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The Muna site is a former
/ref> Between 1960s and 1990s, the Muna was managed by the army unit number 8189 and further buildings were built (mainly houses along the access road from Mikulovice). During this years, it served as storage of ammunition for hand guns, artillery and missiles (including anti-aircraft missiles). Nuclear weapon carriers were disposed here complying to SALT II treaty in the 1980s. The number of buildings peaked in mid 1990s (145 buildings). The area was double fenced with a high-voltage barrier which was never commissioned but its remainders are still to be found nowadays. The army left the area in 2005 and Muna property was transferred to Mikulovice municipality. The northern part (more densely developed and closer to the town center) is used as an industrial zone today, the southern part is cultivated by Městečko neziskových organizací. Some of the buildings were sold to private owners and some were destroyed and their material reused.
Czech Debate Society, z.s.
* Česká tábornická unie – T. O. Kamarádi Šumperk *
Festival na Muně
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Objekt 33
website of building no. 33 owned b
Czech Debate Society, z. s.
Muna č. 36
website of building no. 36 owned by Sdružení přátel Jaroslava Foglara
Městečko neziskovek na Muně
website of informal group Městečko neziskových organizací
18 October 2018, Šumperský and Jesenický journal article Jeseník District Military locations of the Czech Republic Arsenals
The Muna site is a former POW camp
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured by a belligerent power in time of war.
There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prison ...
from World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, ammunition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapo ...
factory and storage plant in the neighborhood of Mikulovice (Czech Republic) close to the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. Nowadays, the forested region serves as an industrial park and an area of informal group of non-profit organizations Městečko neziskových organizací. There are 145 buildings of various sizes and age in the area of about 200 ha, most of them are heavily damaged or completely ruined.
History
It was decided to build the military ammunition manufacturing plant and depot in the forests between Mikulovice and Salisov hamlet in 1938 after occupation of Czechoslovak border regions byNazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. Initially, the project Heeres-Munitionsanstalt Niklasdorf development relied on local unfree labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
ers, later (from 1941) British and Soviet prisoners of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold priso ...
were employed on the site.
There was cca 3 km long spur
A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids (commands) and to ba ...
from railway station in Ondřejovice forking the Milulovice - Zlaté Hory railroad. It ended in a loop of radius 200 m and there was a train station with cargo platform. There were several epidemics in the course of the war, besides other epidemic typhus. The site was used to collect Sudeten Germans before their expulsion to Germany after the end of World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. Up to 52000 persons passed through the camp.
The following years brought various tenants into Muna premises: training camp for the Czechoslovak police
Czechoslovak may refer to:
*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
** Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
** Fourth Czechoslovak Rep ...
, an artillery military base that collected and stored trophy (German) and Soviet artillery material and also special school for training Greek guerrilla fighters.Městečko na Muně/ref> Between 1960s and 1990s, the Muna was managed by the army unit number 8189 and further buildings were built (mainly houses along the access road from Mikulovice). During this years, it served as storage of ammunition for hand guns, artillery and missiles (including anti-aircraft missiles). Nuclear weapon carriers were disposed here complying to SALT II treaty in the 1980s. The number of buildings peaked in mid 1990s (145 buildings). The area was double fenced with a high-voltage barrier which was never commissioned but its remainders are still to be found nowadays. The army left the area in 2005 and Muna property was transferred to Mikulovice municipality. The northern part (more densely developed and closer to the town center) is used as an industrial zone today, the southern part is cultivated by Městečko neziskových organizací. Some of the buildings were sold to private owners and some were destroyed and their material reused.
Městečko neziskových organizací (Town of non-profit organizations)
The Brontosaurus Movement ( Jeseníky branch) initiated founding of the informal group Městečko neziskových organizací in 2011. The members are non-profit organizations that own and maintain some of the local buildings. The number of members is increasing and currently includes: * Ars Vitae * Centrum branných aktivit JeseníkyCzech Debate Society, z.s.
* Česká tábornická unie – T. O. Kamarádi Šumperk *
Hnutí Brontosaurus
Hnutí Brontosaurus (- Czech, translated to English as ''The Brontosaurus Movement'') is a large nature conservation group in the Czech Republic concentrated on the youth. Brontosaurus was founded in 1974, being the first such an organization in ...
– Regionální centrum Jeseníky
* Hnutí Brontosaurus – Základní článek Muna
* Junák - český skaut – Havířov base
* Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensi ...
klub Kroměříž
* Royal Rangers in the Czech Republic
* Sdružení přátel Jaroslava Foglara
* Sedm paprsků
* Svět nemocných dětí
* TJ Jiskra Jeseník
Muna festival
The Brontosaurus Movement together with members of the Městečko neziskových organizací organized three years of Muna festival between 2010 and 2012, nicknamed the first forest festival in the Czech Republic. The attendance was around a few hundred people./ref>
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References
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Objekt 33
website of building no. 33 owned b
Czech Debate Society, z. s.
Muna č. 36
website of building no. 36 owned by Sdružení přátel Jaroslava Foglara
Městečko neziskovek na Muně
website of informal group Městečko neziskových organizací
18 October 2018, Šumperský and Jesenický journal article Jeseník District Military locations of the Czech Republic Arsenals