Liptaň
Liptaň () is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative parts. Villages of Bučávka and Horní Povelice are administrative parts of Liptaň. Geography. Liptaň is situated in the Osoblažsko microregion. It lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point is the top of the hill Kobyla on the southern municipal border, with an elevation of . South of the village of Liptaň is situated the natural monument "Liptaňský bludný balvan" with one of the largest glacial erratics in the Czech Republic. Reminding of the period 250–800  thousand years ago, the boulder was carried there by a continental glacier from the south of Sweden. Its weight is about 4.7 tonnes. History. The first written mention of Liptaň is from 1256. It was founded around 1240. For most of its history, it was a fief of the Olomouc bishopric or it was administered directly by the Olomouc bishops. The event known as the Liptaň Tragedy happened on 22 September 1938. Radicalized German villagers attacked the gendarmerie station and disarmed and assassinated all six Czech members of the State Defense Guard. The gendarme officers' bodies were transported over the  border to the German town Leobschütz where they were buried in an unmarked mass grave. Transport. Liptaň lies on the narrow-gauge Třemešná ve Slezsku – Osoblaha Railway. Sport. On the Strážný hill there is a long ski lift. Sights. The landmark of the village is the parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The original church was as old as the village. The current building was built of red bricks in the Neo-Gothic style in 1866–1870. Other historical monuments include the Chapel of Our Lady of Help, the house No. 240 with a chapel, and the former  police station in the house No. 261 where the Liptaň Tragedy took place. There is a memorial plaque commemorating this event. On the top of Strážnice hill there is a wooden observation tower. It was built in 2003 and it is high. The narrow-gauge railway serves not only for transport but also as a tourist attraction. Steam trains run on weekends during the tourist season.