Velká Lhota 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

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of the

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. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Velká Lhota consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Velká Lhota (376) *Malá Lhota (101)

Geography

Velká Lhota is located about north 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 hill Vrchhůra at above sea level. The Bystřička Stream flows along the southern municipal border; the Bystřička Reservoir is built on it. The western part of the municipal territory lies in the

Beskydy Protected Landscape Area Beskydy Protected Landscape Area (PLA) (, abbreviated as ''CHKO Beskydy'') is the largest PLA in the Czech Republic. The area is . Geography Beskydy PLA lies in the south-eastern part of the Moravian Silesian and eastern part of Zlín regions, ...

History

The first written mention of Velká Lhota is from 1374, when it was part of the Krásno estate. From 1411 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, the village belonged to the Rožnov estate.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The main landmark of Velká Lhota is the Evangelical church. It is a wooden church, built in the folk architecture in 1783. For its value, it is protected as a national cultural monument.

Notable people

* Jan Karafiát (1846–1929), children's book writer; lived and worked here in 1875–1895

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velka Lhota Villages in Vsetín District Moravian Wallachia