Hraničky

Hraničky (German: Grenzdorf, Grenzdörfel or Gränzdorf) is a settlement located in the Rychlebské Hory (Reichensteiner Gebirges in German) in the north-eastern part of Moravia in the Czech Republic, a territory historically known as Sudetenland. The mountain village lies about 12 km south-west from the town Javorník (Jauernig in German) and historically always belonged to the township of Nové Vilémovice (Neu Wilmsdorf in German). It was founded in a broad valley under the Špičák mountain (Spitzberg in German) on the border with today's Poland in 1785. Hraničky was settled by purely German farmers, who came to the area from the Northern Moravian districts Králíky and Staré Město. Because of the elevation (696 m), the people of Hraničky...