Country Czech Republic District Jeseník Elevation 304 m | Region Olomouc Postal code 790 53 Area 36.67 km² | |
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Stará Červená Voda (German Alt Rothwasser) is a village and municipality (obec) in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.
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The municipality covers an area of 36.67 square kilometres (14.16 sq mi), and has a population of 648 (as at 3 July 2006).
Stará Červená Voda lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Jeseník, 84 km (52 mi) north of Olomouc, and 200 km (124 mi) east of Prague.
During the Second World War the village was the base for a working party (E433) of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of Stalag VIIIB/344 at Łambinowice (then known as Lamsdorf) in Poland. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, the prisoners were marched westward in the so-called Long March or Death March. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the allied armies after some four months of travelling on foot in appalling conditions.