Prostřední Bečva 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

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. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name means 'middle Bečva'. It refers to its location between

Horní Bečva Horní Bečva is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. Geography Horní Bečva is located about northeast of Vsetín and south of Ostrava. The central part of th ...

and

Dolní Bečva Dolní Bečva is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 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. 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 ...

. The built-up area is situated in the valley of the

Rožnovská Bečva The Rožnovská Bečva is a river in the Czech Republic, the secondary source river of the Bečva River. It flows through the Zlín Region. It is long. Etymology The name Bečva is derived from the old Czech words ''bek'', ''beč'' (i.e. 'cry'), ...

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 (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. Geography Rožnov pod Radho� ...

valley. The northern part lies in the

Moravian-Silesian Beskids The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , ) 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 of the Western Beskids within ...

. 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 A col is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks; a mountain pass or saddle. COL, CoL or col may also refer to: Computers * Caldera OpenLinux, a defunct Linux distribution * , an HTML element specifying a column * A collision sign ...

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 * ** E48, E49 Karlovy Vary ** E55 Teplice ** E65 Turnov ** E67 Hradec Králové ** E462 Olomouc * ** E50, E75 Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of Eur ...

) from

Valašské Meziříčí Valašské Meziříčí (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monum ...

to the Czech-Slovak border passes through the municipality.

Sights

Pustevny mountain saddle is famous for Libušín and Maměnka mountain cottages. These

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

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 rememb ...

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.

Notable people

Helena Zeťová Helena Zeťová (7 November 1980 – 20 December 2024) was a Czech singer. Life and career Zeťová was born on 7 November 1980 in Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). She started singing at the age of 15, first with ...

(1980–2024), singer; lived and died here

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prostredni Becva Villages in Vsetín District Moravian Wallachia