Lísek (until 1951 Lhota) is a municipality and village in

Žďár nad Sázavou District Žďár nad Sázavou District () is a Okres, district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Žďár nad Sázavou. Administrative division Žďár nad Sázavou District is divided into four Districts of the Czech ...

in the

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Jihlava. The region is located in the central part of the country. It is one of just three in the country (the others being Prague and the Central Boh ...

of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Lísek consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Lísek (7) *Lhota (364) *Vojtěchov (21)

Etymology

The village of Lísek was founded on the site of a forest called Lísek. The name is derived from , meaning '

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Geography

Lísek is located about east of

Žďár nad Sázavou Žďár nad Sázavou (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The town is an industrial and tourist centre. It is known for the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, which is a UNESCO Wor ...

and northwest of

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

. It lies in the

Upper Svratka Highlands The Upper Svratka Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in Moravia, Czech Republic. The Highlands, together with the Křižanov Highlands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone – east south part of Bohemian Massif. Geogra ...

. The highest point is the hill Samotín at above sea level. The Bystřice Stream (a tributary of the Svratka) originates here and flows across the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Lhota is from 1360. The village initially belonged to the Pyšolec estate, then to the Pernštejn estate and after 1588 to the Bystřice estate. In 1951, the small village of Lísek (originally a municipal part of

Velké Janovice Velké Janovice is a municipality and village in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. Geography Velké Janovice is located about east of Žďár nad Sázavou and northwest of ...

) was annexed to the municipality and the entire municipality was renamed Lísek, because

Lhota Lhota is a Czech geographical name. It is the most common name for villages in the Czech Republic. Geography There are 309 villages that contain Lhota or Lhotka (diminutive form of Lhota) in their name, which makes it the most common name of vil ...

is a common Czech toponymy and confusions occurred.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The only protected

cultural monument A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage registe ...

in the municipality is a

conciliation cross Conciliation is an alternative dispute resolution process whereby the parties to a dispute rely on a neutral third-party known as the conciliator, to assist them in solving their dispute. The conciliator, who may meet with the parties both sep ...

called U Pytláka. It commemorates a violent event of 1569, when a gamekeeper shot a

poacher Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set against the hunti ...

. It is valuable for its unusual workmanship and high degree of preservation. The main landmark of Lísek is the Church of Saint Nicholas. 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 1846–1852. It replaced an older church, which stood in the middle of the cemetery and was demolished after the countruction of the new church.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisek Villages in Žďár nad Sázavou District