Hošťálková is a municipality and village in

Vsetín District Vsetín District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vsetín. Administrative division Vsetín District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended com ...

in the

Zlín Region Zlín Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

Geography

Hošťálková is located about west 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. Administ ...

and northeast of

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...

. It lies in the

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains () is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of conifer ...

. The highest point is the mountain Maruška at above sea level. The Ratibořka Stream originates here and flows across the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Hošťálková is from 1505, but the village was probably founded in the 14th century. Until 1678, Hošťálková belonged to the Vsetín estate. From 1678, it was a separate estate.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Among the main landmarks of Hošťálková are the two churches. The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cros is a Catholic church, built in 1797. The Evangelical church was built in 1829–1831. The tower was added in the second half of the 19th century. A notable building is the Hošťálková Castle. It was built in the

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...

in the 1840s. Since 2003, it has been a property of the municipality.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hostalkova Villages in Vsetín District Moravian Wallachia