, situated at an altitude of 476 m in the Svitavy district, was first
mentioned in 1308. During the times of the Austrian Monarchy, it was part of the district Moravská Třebová
(Mährisch-Trübau) in the Margraviate of Moravia. Since a rearrangement of the administrative district in the 1960s, the
seat of the district is in Svitavy (Zwittau).