| Pustá Polom | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Opava |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.8492°N 17.9981°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1238 |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.58 |
| Elevation M: | 434 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1349 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 747 69 |
Pustá Polom (de|Wüstpohlom) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
The village was initially named just Polom. The word polom denotes a forest of broken trees and the name arose from the establishment of the village on the site of such a forest. The attribute pustá (meaning 'desolate') was added in the 16th century, after the village was resettled.[2]
Pustá Polom is located about 11km (07miles) southeast of Opava and 15km (09miles) west of Ostrava. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at 470m (1,540feet) above sea level. The Sezina Stream originates here and flows to the south.
The first written mention of Pustá Polom is from 1238, when King Ottokar I donated the village to the Hradisko Monastery at Olomouc. The monastery owned Pustá Polom until 1440. After that, it was alternately owned by the Lords of Kravaře and Lords of Raduň. In the second half of the 15th century, the village was depopulated and abandoned. It was settled again only in the second half of the 16th century. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was badly damaged and the population decreased. In 1692, Pustá Polom was bought by nobleman Karl Frydrych Kalkreuter and annexed to the Kyjovice estate.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua. It is located in the woods north of the village. It is a small chapel, which probably dates from the mid-18th century.[3]
The main landmark of Pustá Polom is the Church of Saint Martin. It was built in 1802–1804.[4] It replaced an old church, which was first documented in 1276.[2]