Vrbětice is a village and administrative part of
Vlachovice in
Zlín District
Zlín District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Zlín.
Administrative division
Zlín District is divided into five Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence ...
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 Czech Republic. It is located in the valley of the river
Vlára
The Vlára is a river in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, a right tributary of the Váh. It flows through the Zlín Region in the Czech Republic and through the Trenčín Region in Slovakia. It is long. It is the only significant watercourse in th ...
.
History
The first written mention of Vrbětice dates back to 1318. Although Vrbětice is in the immediate vicinity of Vlachovice, the village has always belonged to the
Hošťálková rule and was at no time subject to Vlachovice. Serf conditions in Vrbětice were very mild. With the exception of forest work, its residents were exempt from forced labour.
In the 1620 land register, a hereditary bailiff is documented for the first time in Vrbětice.
In 1850, after the abolition of patrimonial, Vrbětice formed a municipality in the district administration
Uherský Brod
Uherský Brod (; ) is a town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrati ...
and the judicial district
Valašské Klobouky
Valašské Klobouky (; ) is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urb ...
.
The first school was built here in 1882.
In 2014, a series of
explosions occurred in a military warehouse in Vrbětice. Presumably, the explosion was caused by the
Russian GRU agents.
Demographics
In 1880 the population of the village was 410 people. Since then, the population has mostly stagnated. As of 2011, 341 people lived in the village.
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Sights
* The timbered wooden bell tower from the 19th century is the main sight. It has been protected as a cultural monument since 3 May 1958. It is located in the centre of the village and has been renovated twice — in 1900 and 1965.World War I
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was built in the park next to the school in 1928 and a memorial to the victims of World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
was added to it in 1945.
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Villages in Zlín District