Mohelnice
town in the Czech Republic
Mohelnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmoɦɛlɲɪtsɛ]; German: Müglitz) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,900 inhabitants. The town is located in a predominantly agricultural landscape near the Morava River.
Mohelnice is an industrial town, but the historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The town is known for a festival of folk and country music, since 2020 known as Mohelnický FolkFest.
Administrative division
Mohelnice consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Studená Loučka forms an exclave of the municipal territory.
Geography
Mohelnice is located about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Šumperk and 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Olomouc, in the fertile Haná region. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the town proper lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Mohelnice Depression, while the western part lies in the Zábřeh Highlands. The highest point is the hill Hekelův kopec at 583 m (1,913 ft) above sea level.
The Mírovka Stream flows through the town into the Morava River, which forms the eastern municipal border.
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