What is "vidnava"

Vidnava is a town in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It covers an area of , and has a population of 1,407 (as at 28 August 2006).

Vidnava/Weidenau was, for many prisoners of war, a stopping place on 'The Long March' during the final months of the Second World War in Europe. About 30,000 Allied PoWs were force-marched westward across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany in appalling winter conditions, lasting about four months from January to April 1945.http://www.lamsdorf.com/the-long-march.html

Vidnava lies approximately north of Jeseník, north of Olomouc, and east of Prague.