ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Olomoucký kraj	Olomouc region
Okres: Šumperk

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Mohelnice (German: Müglitz) is situated at an elevation of 267 m near the confluence of the Miravka flows into the river Morava, about 23 km southwest of the district town Šumperk and about 90 km northwest of the regional capital Olomouc. The eastern part of the municipal territory of Mohelnice lies in the Mohelnická brázda (Müglitzer Furche, Mohelnice Depression), which is named after the town. The western part is located in the Zábřežská vrchovina (Hohenstádter Bergland, Zábřeh Highlands). The municipality has a population of about 9,300 (2021).

The first written mention of Mogilnici is in a document from 1141, when it was owned by the Olomouc bishopric. In 1273, Mohelnice was first referred to as a town. In 1307 and 1312, the town was devastated by plague. In 1424, it was conquered by the Hussites. During the first half of the 16th century, the town was rebuilt and the town fortifications were built. The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) devastated Mohelnice: it was looted by Swedish troops in 1623, 1642, 1643, 1644 and 1647. Half of the town was destroyed by fire in 1662. 1685 saw the notorious witch trials during which the local vicar was burned at the stake. The town's textile industry began operating in 1713. There was another significant fire in 1739, which destroyed more than half of the town. During the Silesian Wars (1740–1742, 1744–1745, 1756–1763) the town was looted several times. In the 19th and 20th century the town was industrialised and various factories were established. In 1910 most of the old town walls were demolished. Before World War II, the town had a German-speaking majority population. In 1938, the town was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland (see map). After the war, the German population was expelled the town was repopulated by families from other parts of Czechoslovakia.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohelnice, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohelnice, https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohelnice]