ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Olomoucký kraj	Olomouc region
Okres: Jeseník

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Jeseník, the 'Pearl of the Jeseníky', is situated at an elevation of 432 m on the confluence of the Bělá (Biele) and Staříč (Staritz) streams on the northeastern slopes of the Hrubý Jeseník (Altvater, Gesenke) mountain region, about 61 km northwest of Opava and about 80 km north of the regional capital Olomouc. The district town has a population of about 11,200 (2019).

Freiwaldau in the Duchy of Silesia was first mentioned in 1267, when it already held the status of a town belonging to the territory of the Bishops of Wrocław (Breslau). With the surrounding villages it became part of the bishops' ecclesiastical Duchy of Nysa in 1290. In the 14th century Freiwaldau developed as a centre of iron production with several foundries and hammer mills processing the ore from the productive deposits in the surrounding mountains. Later on, the flourishing town was purchased by the Swabian Fugger dynasty from Augsburg. In 1506 it was awarded the status of a mining town. After the iron ore deposits were exhausted, the Fugger sold the town back to the Wrocław bishops in 1547. Silesia with the Lands of the Bohemian Crown had passed to the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in 1526; after the First Silesian War it became part of Austrian Silesia in 1742. It remained with the Austrian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy until World War I and the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 (whereupon the name was changed to the Czech Frýwaldov). After World War II, the German population was expelled in 1945 and the municipality in 1948 was renamed Jeseník. The district of Jeseník was joined to that of Šumperk in 1960, but was re-established in 1995.

The composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) resided in Freiwaldau/Frýwaldov as administrator from 1773 until 1794.

The village of Gräfenberk (in German: Gräfenberg, elevation 632 m) today is part of the municipality of Jeseník (Lázně Jeseník). The village became a popular spa when the founder of hydropathy, Vinzenz Prießnitz (1799–1851) opened the first establishment for cold-water cures in 1826. The Prießnitz spa treatment complex opened in 1910.

The picture on glass no. 3926 [left] is labeled Gräfenberg mit Priessnitz-Denkmal, i.e. 'Gräfenberg with Priessnitz monument'. In fact, the monument depicted in the foreground right is known today as the Bohemian monument, which was created in 1873–1874. The design is attributed to either Antonín Wiehl or to Alexander Linsbauer. The tin sculpture of Hygie on top of the monument was created by Josef Válav Myslbek. The front of the base of the monument is ornated by a bronze relief medaillon with Priessnitz's bust, also created by Myslbek.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeseník, https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeseník; https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okres_Jeseník; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ditters_von_Dittersdorf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ditters_von_Dittersdorf; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Prießnitz; https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiDwsjhtLztAhWGMBQKHXWWDb8QFjAMegQIExAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jesenik.org%2Fsystem%2Fdownload.php%3Fid%3D21281%26mid%3D1761%26lang%3Dcz&usg=AOvVaw2TKt87dfLomedRb5yS_kNO]