Vikantice | |
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: | 50.1361°N 16.9928°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1437 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.04 |
Elevation M: | 613 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 75 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Postal Code: | 788 25 |
Vikantice (German: Weigelsdorf) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 80 inhabitants.
Vikantice lies approximately 19km (12miles) north of Šumperk, 63km (39miles) north of Olomouc, and 184km (114miles) east of Prague.
The first written mention of Vikantice is from 1437.[2]
During World War II, the German occupiers operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp at a local paper mill. 120 Allied POWs were imprisoned there.[3]