Editing Mohelnice (section)

==History==
[[File:Mohelnice, muzeum čp.938 (Kostelní nám. 3).JPG|thumb|Bishop's Castle]]
The first written mention of Mohelnice is in a deed of bishop [[Jindřich Zdík]] from 1141, when it was owned by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc|Olomouc bishopric]]. In 1273, Mohelnice was first referred to as a town.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie města v letech 1131–1981|url=https://www.mohelnice.cz/historie%2Dmesta/d-224677/p1=99874|publisher=Město Mohelnice|language=cs|access-date=2022-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=O obci|url=https://belov.cz/obec/obec/o-obci/|publisher=Obec Bělov|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-29}}</ref>

In 1307 and 1312, the town was devastated by plague. In 1424, it was conquered by the [[Hussites]] and 700 people died. During the first half of the 16th century, the town was rebuilt and the town fortifications were built. The [[Thirty Years' War]] devastated Mohelnice – in 1623 it was plundered by the [[Swedish Empire|Swedish troops]] and over 30% of the inhabitants died of the plague. The Swedes looted the town again in 1642, 1643, 1644 and 1647. Half of the town was destroyed by fire in 1662. 1685 saw the notorious [[Northern Moravia witch trials|witch trials]] during which a local vicar Alois Lautner was burned at the stake.<ref name=history/>

The town's textile industry began operating in 1713, and in 1714 the town suffered another plague. There was another significant fire in 1739, which destroyed more than half of the town. During the [[Silesian Wars]] the town was plundered several times. In 1772 Mohelnice had 1,867 inhabitants, in 1792 it was 3,887. There were [[cholera]] epidemics in 1832, 1849, 1851 and 1866. The town suffered from fire in 1841 and few smaller fires later. In 1863 Mohelnice built its first sanitation system.<ref name=history/>

In the 19th and 20th century the town was industrialised and various factories were established. In 1910 most of the old town walls were demolished.<ref name=history/>

Before [[World War II]], the town had a German-speaking majority population. In 1938, the town was occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] and administered as part of [[Reichsgau Sudetenland]]. After the war, the German population was [[Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia|expelled]]. This caused the town to become almost deserted. Within a few months, however, the town was repopulated by families from other parts of Czechoslovakia.

In the second half of the 20th century the town went through major urban changes, including the narrowing of the Mírovka Creek.<ref name=history/>