permanent exhibition on witch trials. Other sights in Šumperk include Church of Saint John the Baptist, Church of Saint Barbara, and fragments of the town walls. Notable people Leo Slezak (1873–1946), tenor singer Gertrude Pitzinger (1904–1997), German opera singer Roman Karl Scholz (1912–1944), Austrian writer and resistance fighter Radoslav Nenadál (1929–2018), writer and translator Gerda Frömel (1931–1975), Irish-German sculptor Hans Klein (1931–1996), German politician Eugen Brixel (1939–2000), Austrian composer and musician Miroslav Krobot (born 1951), actor and theatre director Miroslav Tulis (born 1951), athlete Jan Balabán (1961–2010), writer, journalist and translator Ivana Kubešová (born 1962), middle-distance runner Jaroslav Mostecký (born 1963), author Jiří Dopita (born 1968), ice hockey player Jaroslav Miller (born 1971), professor of history and rector Ondřej Sokol (born 1971), director, actor and translator Simona Babčáková (born 1973), actress Aleš Valenta (born 1973), freestyle skier, Olympic winner Alena Kupčíková (born 1976), contemporary artist Radoslav Kováč (born 1979), football player and manager Ivana Večeřová (born 1979), basketball player Jan Hudec (born 1981), Czech-Canadian skier Jakub Kindl (born 1987), ice hockey player Twin towns – sister cities Šumperk is twinned with: Bad Hersfeld, Germany Ebreichsdorf, Austria Maarssen, Netherlands Mikulov, Czech Republic Nysa, Poland Prievidza, Slovakia Sulmona, Italy Vaasa, Finland Gallery References External links Information Centre of Šumperk Culture, news and information from the region Šumperk Populated places in Šumperk District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Shtetls Populated places established in the 13th century