Šumperk
Sign in to saveŠumperk (; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, but it also contains valuable historical and architectural monuments. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Šumperk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sumperk letecky pohled.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Šumperk
- Settlement.image_flag
- Sumperk CZ flag.gif
- Settlement.image_shield
- Sumperk CoA CZ.png
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Olomouc
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Šumperk
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Czech Republic
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Miroslav Adámek
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1281
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Šumperk (; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, but it also contains valuable historical and architectural monuments. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
==Etymology== The original German name is derived from Schön Berg, meaning "beautiful hill", which later supplemented by a distinguishing adjective Mährisch (i.e. Moravian). The Czech name Šumperk evolved from a direct phonetic transcription.