Písečná | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ústí nad Orlicí |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.0453°N 16.4481°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1364 |
Area Total Km2: | 8.86 |
Elevation M: | 380 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 575 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 561 70 |
Písečná (pronounced as /cs/; German: Schreibersdorf) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
The name, literally meaning 'sandy', is an adjective from the word písek ('sand'). It refers to the sandy water in the local stream. The German name Schreibersdorf, meaning "writer's village", was created by a wrong translation of the Czech name (writer = pisec in old Czech)[2]
Písečná is located about 8km (05miles) northeast of Ústí nad Orlicí and 47km (29miles) east of Pardubice. It lies in the Orlické Foothills. The highest point is at 532m (1,745feet) above sea level. The Potočnice Stream flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Písečná is from 1364. Existence of a wooden church is documented in 1350.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Písečná is the Church of Saint Catherine. It it originally a Gothic church with a Baroque nave from 1716. In 1781–1782, the church was rebuilt in the late Baroque style.[4]
A significant technical monument is the water mill. Its existence was documented to the year 1597. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, it was modified into its present form. The mill has preserved technological equipment. It is occasionally open to the public.[5]