Vikýřovice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Olomouc |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Šumperk |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.9781°N 17.0125°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1391 |
Area Total Km2: | 11.75 |
Elevation M: | 335 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2299 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 788 13 |
Vikýřovice (German: Weikersdorf) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.
Vikýřovice is located about 2km (01miles) northeast of Šumperk and 46km (29miles) north of Olomouc. It lies in the Hanušovice Highlands. The highest point is a hill at 746m (2,448feet) above sea level. The Desná River flows along the western municipal border.
The first written mention is in a deed of Margrave Jobst of Moravia from 1391. For centuries, it was a part of the Velké Losiny estate.[2]
In 1975–1990, Vikýřovice was an administrative part of Šumperk. From 1990, it is an independent municipality. Vikýřovice was badly damaged by the 1997 Central European flood.[2]
Verner Motor company, a producer of aircraft engines, is based here.
The I/11 road (the section from Šumperk to Ostrava) passes through the municipality.
Vikýřovice is located on the railway line Nezamyslice–Kouty nad Desnou via Olomouc.[3]
Vikýřovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a Calvary sculpture from 1815.[4]