Olešnice (Blansko District)
town in the Czech Republic
Olešnice (German: Oels) is a town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.
Geography
Olešnice is located about 27 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of Blansko and 39 km (24 mi) north of Brno. It lies in the Upper Svratka Highlands. The highest point is the hill Kopaniny at 688 m (2,257 ft) above sea level. The Hodonínka Stream flows through the town.
History
The first written false record of Olešnice is from 1073, the document is however from 1163. During the colonisation of the Bohemian border regions in the mid-13th century, German colonists built new settlement on the east bank opposite the village Olešnice in the area of today's marketplace. The original part of the village was called Moravian Olešnice while the German part was called German Olešnice.
Olešnice was firstly part of the Louka estate and was owned by the Lords of Lomnice.
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