page_title: Zábřeh
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Zábřeh / History
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Zábřeh, okres Šumperk. Rybnik Oborník. English: Zábřeh, Šumperk District, Czechia. Oborník pond. Deutsch: Zábřeh (Hohenstadt), Kreis Šumperk, Tschechien. Teich Oborník (Schlossteich).
context_page_description: Zábřeh is a town in the Šumperk District, in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.
context_section_description: Zábřeh has a long and rich past. The first note about the town dates back to 1254, when a man by the name of Sulislav from Zábřeh was mentioned. It is known that the city itself was founded before 1289, because of the name Hohenstadt appearing in sources. This was most likely a fortress around which a plantation began to grow, transforming into a town gradually.
  The ownership of Zábřeh can be ascribed to many famous houses of the time. The most famous one and probably the most cruel one was the house of Tunkl. Their ownership of the town dates back to 1442. The house was known for its countless arguments with neighbouring masters and also for its behaviour towards its vassals. However, they rebuilt the fortress and changed it into a castle, they had also a merit in pond foundation around the river Moravská Sázava. The struggle of vassals against their master Jiří Sr. Tunkl between 1492 and 1494 marked the end of this house. Then the town came under the mastership of the house Trčkové from Lípa, but only for a little while. The house was replaced by a more powerful one – the Boskovicové.
  The town went through a lot during further years. The situation improved in the 18th century, when the castle was rebuilt once again and extended along with a baroque parish church. In the 19th century the Prague - Olomouc railway was built through the town marking Zábřeh as a powerful centre of economy, government and cultural life.
  Until 1918, Hohenstadt - Zábřeh (German name only before 1867) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.
  The city was connected to the railway before 1850.
  In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi Army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The German speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees).
caption: The pond named Oborník was used as a source of water for a textile factory. The abandoned factory can be seen in the background.
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