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Bělotín (German: Bölten) is a municipality and village in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.

Bělotín
Municipality
Church of Saint George
Flag Coat of arms
Bělotín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°35′28″N 17°48′24″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Olomouc
District	Přerov
First mentioned	1201
Area
• Total	33.39 km2 (12.89 sq mi)
Elevation	297 m (974 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,793
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	753 64
Website	www.belotin.cz

Administrative parts

Villages of Kunčice, Lučice and Nejdek are administrative parts of Bělotín.

Geography

Bělotín is located about 29 kilometres (18 mi) northeast of Přerov and 38 km (24 mi) east of Olomouc. It lies in the Moravian Gate lowland.

History

The first written mention of Bělotín is from 1201. The village was founded in the second half of the 12th century. Until the German colonization in the 14th century, the population was purely Slavic.[2]

Until the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, Bělotín was owned by the Hradisko Monastery as a part of the Hranice estate. In 1475, the estate was acquired by the Pernštejn family, then it was sold to the Haugvic of Biskupice family in 1548. After it changed its owners several times, the estate was confiscated after the Battle of White Mountain and donated to Franz von Dietrichstein. His house held Bělotín and the whole Hranice estate until 1858.[2]

During World War II, Bělotín was incorporated by Nazi Germany to Reichsgau Sudetenland, and it was the base for a detached Work Camp E540 (Arbeitskommando E540) for British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp at Łambinowice.[3] In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced from the east, the prisoners of the whole Stalag VIII-B/344 POW camp were marched westward in the Long March.

Transport

Bělotín lies on a railway line of local importance Hranice–Studénka.

The D1 motorway and its branch D48 motorway run through the municipality.

Sights

The landmark of Bělotín is the Church of Saint George. This Baroque church dates from 1754 and has a Renaissance tower. The second cultural monument in the municipality is the cemetery Church of Saint Urban in Nejdek from 1752.[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

Bělotín is twinned with:[5]

• Hinterschmiding, Germany
• Höchst im Odenwald, Germany
• Kolonowskie, Poland

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Bělotín

Bělotín (deutsch Bölten) ist eine Gemeinde in Tschechien. Sie liegt sechs Kilometer nordöstlich der Stadt Hranice na Moravě (deutsch Mährisch Weißkirchen) und gehört zum Okres Přerov (deutsch Kreis Prerau). Die Gemeinde Bölten war bis zur Besetzung durch die Rote Armee am 7. Mai 1945 ein deutsches Gemeinwesen. Der tschechische Bevölkerungsanteil betrug 1910 bei der letzten österreichischen Volkszählung 0,75 Prozent. 1946 wurden die Deutschen aus Bělotín vertrieben.

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- [en] Bělotín

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