Mohelnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmoɦɛlɲɪtsɛ]; German: Müglitz) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 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.
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Mírovka is a creek in Šumperk District, Moravia, right tributary of the Morava River.
Its length is 20,2 km and its drainage basin covers 49.6 km2. The mean annual discharge at its mouth is 0.25 m³/s.
The Mírovka originates near Maletín village, 400 meters above sea level.
The Mírovka flows through settlements of Maletín, Starý Maletín, Svojanov and Nový Maletín which are grouped into single municipality called Maletín. Two water reservoirs were built in this place – the Svojanov reservoir and the Maletín reservoir. Upper the Maletín reservoir occupies approximately 2.6 ha, lower The Svojanov Reservoir occupies approximately 1.5 ha. Both are primarily used for fishing.
The Mírovka then goes east into forest of Moravsko-Třebovská pahorkatina, flowing next to a paved road. Mírov, the super-maximum security prison, is located in this area. Lower reaches are situated in agricultural flatland of Mohelnická brázda, feeding Křemačovský rybník, which area is 3 ha. Then the creek flows through Mohelnice. It empties into a millrace that is connected with the Morava, just few meters away from a border of the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area.
Moravičanské jezero is in a neighborhood of the creek mouth. This manmade lake, which is a consequence of a sand mining, is widely used for recreation and fishery. It occupies about 90 ha.
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Moravičany is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
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Třeština is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Třeština lies approximately 19 kilometres south of Šumperk, 32 km north-west of Olomouc, and 185 km east of Prague.
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Loštice is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. The town is known for the production of aromatic cheese called Olomoucké tvarůžky.
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Líšnice is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Líšnice lies approximately 24 kilometres south of Šumperk, 35 km north-west of Olomouc, and 178 km east of Prague.
The town is known for a festival of folk and country music, since 2020 known as Mohelnický FolkFest.