Prostřední Bečva is a municipality and village in
Vsetín District
Vsetín District ( cs, okres Vsetín) is a district ('' okres'') within the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vsetín.
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in the
Zlín Region of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name means 'middle Bečva'. It refers to its location between
Horní Bečva and
Dolní Bečva
Dolní Bečva is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Dolní Bečva is located about northeast of Vsetín and south of Ostrava. It lies on the border ...
.
Geography
Prostřední Bečva is located about northeast of
Vsetín
Vsetín () is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants.
Originally a small town, Vsetín has become an important centre of industrial, economic, cultural and sports life during the 20th century.
Administr ...
and northeast of
Zlín. The built-up area is situated in the valley of the Rožnovská Bečva river.
The southern part of the municipal territory with the village proper lies in the
Rožnov Furrow Rožnov is name of several places in the Czech Republic:
*Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabit ...
valley. The northern part lies in the
Moravian-Silesian Beskids
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , sk, Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part o ...
. The municipal border leads over the peaks of several important mountains, including Čertův mlýn at , Radegast at , Tanečnice at , Skalka at , and over the Pustevny
mountain saddle
In geomorphology, a col is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 103. . It may also be called a gap. Particularly rugged and forbidding col ...
at .
History
Prostřední Bečva was founded in 1703.
Demographics
Transport
The I/35 road (part of the
European route E442
European route E 442 is part of the international E-road network.
Route
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** E48, E49 Karlovy Vary
** E55 Teplice
** E65 Turnov
** E67 Hradec Králové
** E462 Olomouc
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** E50, E75 Žilina
External links
Map of E-road
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) from
Valašské Meziříčí to the Czech-Slovak border passes through the municipality.
Sights
Pustevny mountain saddle is famous for Libušín and Maměnka mountain cottages. These
Art Nouveau
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folk buildings were built by
Dušan Jurkovič
Dušan Samo Jurkovič (23 August 1868, Turá Lúka – 21 December 1947, Bratislava) was a Slovak architect, furniture designer, artist and ethnographer. One of the best-known promoters of Slovak art in 20th century Czechoslovakia, he is reme ...
in 1898. A wooden belfry in Pustevny was also designed by Jurkovič. The Pustevny area is protected as a
national cultural monument.
The main landmark of the village centre is the Church of Saint Zdislava. It is a modern church, built in 2001.
References
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Villages in Vsetín District
Moravian Wallachia