Valašská Bystřice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Zlín |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Vsetín |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.415°N 18.1097°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1651 |
Area Total Km2: | 35.95 |
Elevation M: | 465 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2245 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 756 27 |
Valašská Bystřice is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants.
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. 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 Wallachian Bystřice").[2]
Valašská Bystřice is located about 12km (07miles) northeast of Vsetín and 37km (23miles) northeast of Zlín. It lies in the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains. The highest point is the Tanečnice mountain at 912m (2,992feet) above sea level. The Bystřička Stream flows through the municipality. The whole territory of Valašská Bystřice lies in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.
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.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The only protected cultural monument is a pair of tombstones of border guards from the end of the 18th century.[3] 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.[4]