Velké Karlovice 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.
List of municipalities
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in the
Zlín Region of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. The municipality lies on the
Vsetínská Bečva
Vsetínská Bečva (formerly: ''Horní Bečva''; German: ''Obere Betschwa'') is a river in the Czech Republic, the left tributary of the Bečva. It originates in the Javorníky mountain range at the elevation of 896 m and flows to Valašské Mezi ...
river.
Administrative parts
The village of Malé Karlovice is an administrative part of Velké Karlovice.
History
Velké Karlovice was founded by Jindřich of
Zierotin
The House of Žerotín or House of Zierotin was a Czech noble family in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, one of the oldest and most illustrious noble families from Bohemia and Moravia. The family was first mentioned around the year 1200 as ''Bl ...
in 1714.
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Villages in Vsetín District
1714 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Moravian Wallachia
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