Město Libavá () is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative division Město Libavá consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Město Libavá (441) Heroltovice (88)
Geography Město Libavá is located about northeast of Olomouc. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Libavský potok flows through the municipality.
History The first written mention of Město Libavá is from 1301, when it was a property of the Olomouc bishopric.
Město Libavá became a separate municipality on 1 January 2016 by reduction of Libavá Military Training Area.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Město Libavá is the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It was built in the Baroque style in the 1660s. Since 2016, it has been owned by the municipality and used for cultural and social purposes.
The Church of Saints James the Great and Anne is located in a remote place called Stará Voda, where there was once a large pilgrimage complex with a Dominican monastery. The church was built in the Baroque style in 1681–1689, on the site of two old pilgrimage chapels.
A rare technical monument is a Dutch-type windmill from the second half of the 19th century.
Notable people John M. Oesterreicher (1904–1993), Austrian-American Catholic theologian
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