Bílá Voda

The community Bila Voda ( German white water) belongs to the district Jesenik in the Czech Republic. It is located about nine miles northwest of the city Javorník in the Valley of Bila voda directly on the Polish border between the Reichensteiner Mountains ( Rychlebské hory ) and the Patsch Kauer foreland ( Przedgórze Paczkowskie ) and is the northernmost village of the micro-region Javornicko.

History

It is believed that white water - was founded in the 13th century - probably as a re-colonization of a village received. The first written record comes from the year 1532. The place name probably refers to the color of there springing brook. Since 1748 belong to white water and the settlements Kamenička ( Kamitz -Uber flock ), Růženec ( rosary ) and some hermit courtyards.

The market town of White water had on December 1, 1930 1104 inhabitants, on 17 May 1939 were 1024 and on May 22, 1947 509 inhabitants. The German inhabitants were expropriated in 1945 and sold.

During the communist rule nuns were interned from all over Czechoslovakia from 1950 in Bilá Voda. At times there were up to 400 women from 16 different orders. The camp existed until the political changes in 1989. 2012 a small museum was opened, which deals with the history of the Nuns internment Bilá Voda.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Bila Voda Kamenička ( Kamitz - About flock ), Městys Bila Voda (market white water) and Ves Bila Voda (village white water) and the settlement Karlovy. For cadastral also include the waste places Karlov ( Karlshof ), U šišky, also Jedlova šiška or Jedlovec ( pine cones ), Na Vyhlidce ( watch ) and Růženec ( rosary ).

Attractions

• Castle Bila Voda
• The parish church of the Visitation was built according to the plans of the Silesian architect Felix Anton Hammerschmidt and inaugurated in 1777 by the Wrocław bishop Philipp Gotthard Schaffgotsch.
• The Piarist was founded by the Olomouc Bishop Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein - Kastelkorn.