Valašská Bystřice 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 2,200 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name Bystřice is derived from the watercourse that flows through the village (originally called Bystřice, but today called Bystřička – diminutive form of Bystřice). The oldest name of the village was Randýskova Bystřice ("Randýsek's Bystřice"), after its first ''

advocatus An , sometimes simply advocate, (German, ), or (French, ), was a type of medieval office holder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institutio ...

''. Later it was called Nový Bystřice ("new Bystřice"), Hrubá Bystřice ("rough Bystřice") and from the 18th century Velká Bystřice ("great Bystřice"). In 1925, the municipality was renamed Valašská Bystřice ("

Moravian Wallachia Moravian Wallachia (, or simply ''Valašsko''; ) is a mountainous ethnoregion located in the easternmost part of Moravia in the Czech Republic, near the Slovakia, Slovak border, roughly centered on the cities Vsetín, Valašské Meziříčí and ...

n Bystřice").

Geography

Valašská Bystřice 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 ...

. 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 Tanečnice mountain at above sea level. The Bystřička Stream flows through the municipality. The whole territory of Valašská Bystřice lies in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.

History

The first written mention of Bystřice is from 1651. It was originally a scattered settlement of forest workers. In 1766, a border guard station was established here.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The only protected cultural monument is a pair of tombstones of border guards from the end of the 18th century. The main landmark of Valašská Bystřice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the Baroque style in 1772–1778.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valasska Bystrice Villages in Vsetín District Moravian Wallachia