Roštín is a municipality and village in

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

in the

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of the

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. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Geography

Roštín is located about southwest of

Kroměříž Kroměříž (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle ...

and west 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 northwestern half of the municipality lies in the

Litenčice Hills Litenčice () is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative division Litenčice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 censu ...

. The southeastern half lies in a forested landscape of the

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range. Brdo, the highest mountain of the whole

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region with an elevation of , is located in the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Roštín is from 1240. In 1250, the village was mentioned as property of the monastery in

Velehrad Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints ...

. The settlement was probably located around the Church of Saint James the Great. After it was destroyed during the

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, it was restored on its current location. Throughout the centuries, it was owned by various lower noblemen, and several times merged with neighbouring Cetechovice and then separated again.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The Church of Saint James the Great is a cemetery church, situated in the rural area of Roštín. The original church was first mentioned in 1193, earlier than the village. It was rebuilt several times. Its current form is from 1742. The Church of Saint Anne was built in the centre of Roštín in 1847 to replace the remote church with its function. It was built on the site of a chapel from 1777. There is a stone observation tower on the Brdo mountain.

Notable people

* Heinrich Friedjung (1851–1920), Austrian historian and journalist

Gallery

Kamenná_rozhledna_Brdo,_květen_2008,_ukázka_výhledu_na_sever.JPG, Roštín as seen from Brdo Roštín, main street.jpg, Main street Roštín, church.jpg, Church of Saint Anne

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rostin Villages in Kroměříž District