Velké Karlovice 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 2,400 inhabitants. The municipality lies on the

Vsetínská Bečva The Vsetínská Bečva (also called Horní Bečva; , ''Obere Betsch'') is a river in the Czech Republic. It flows through the Zlín Region. It is the upper course of the Bečva, but usually it is considered a separate river. Until its confluence w ...

River.

Administrative division

Velké Karlovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Velké Karlovice (2,041) *Malé Karlovice (172)

Geography

Velké Karlovice is located about east 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 northwest of

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. It borders Slovakia in the south and west. It lies on the border between 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 ...

and

Maple Mountains The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľký ...

. The highest point is the Vysoká mountain at above sea level. Most of the built-up area is situated in the valley of the

River, which originates in the eastern part of the municipal territory. The municipal territory is rich in streams, which are tributaries of the Vsetínská Bečva. The whole territory of Velké Karlovice 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, ...

. In the western part of the municipal territory is the Razula National Nature Reserve. It has an area of . The reason for the protection is a fir-beech

old-growth forest An old-growth forest or primary forest is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance. Due to this, old-growth forests exhibit unique ecological features. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio ...

, which is over 170 years old. The area is also an important mycological locality. There are protected species such as '' junghuhnia fimbriatella'', '' hericium flagellum'', '' hericium coralloides'', '' gloeophyllum abietinum'', '' climacocystis borealis'', '' sparassis nemecii'', '' lentinellus castoreus'' and '' oudemansiella mucida''.

History

Velké Karlovice was founded by Jindřich of Zierotin in 1714.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The most important monument, protected as a national cultural monument, is ''Fojství'' ("

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 ...

' residence"). It is a wooden folk-architecture complex of buildings, dating from 1793. The complex consists of two outbuildings, a house and a gate. A notable landmark is the Church of Our Lady of the Snows. It is a wooden folk-architecture building from 1754. Next to the church is a stone crucifix from 1819. The local area called Podťaté, located around the stream Podťatý potok, is protected as a village monument zone. It consists of well-preserved scattered houses of Carpathian folk architecture. A cultural monument is the wooden house from the end 18th century, which today houses the local museum.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velke Karlovice Villages in Vsetín District 1714 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Moravian Wallachia