It lies mostly in the Zlatohorská Highlands, but a small part of the municipal territory extends into the Golden Mountains.

A large village called Waltersdorf was located somewhere in the area of the today's municipality.

During World War II, the German occupiers operated three forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.

The Allied POWs worked at the local brickworks, paper mill and quarry.

[5] The I/44 road (the section from Jeseník to the Czech-Polish border in Mikulovice) passes through the municipality.