Francova Lhota
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Zlínský kraj | ||||
| District : | Vsetín | ||||
| Area : | 2288 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 12 ' N , 18 ° 7' E | ||||
| Height: | 487 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,558 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 756 12 - 756 14 | ||||
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| Street: | Horní Lideč - Valašská Senice | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Karel Matůš (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Francova Lhota 325 756 14 Francova Lhota |
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| Municipality number: | 542644 | ||||
| Website : | www.francovalhota.cz | ||||
Francova Lhota (German Franzenschlag ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located 17 kilometers southeast of Vsetín on the border with Slovakia and belongs to the Okres Vsetín .
geography
Francova Lhota is located in the southwest of the Javorníky in the Senice Valley (Senitza). Southeast of the village is the Lissa pass (Lyský průsmyk). In the northwest rises the Hradisko (773 m) with the Pulčínské skály and in the east of the Čubův Kopec (720 m).
Neighboring towns are Pulčín and Valašská Senice in the north, Běchov, Jáma and Pošle in the northeast, Strelenka in the east, Střelná in the south, Horní Lideč in the southwest and Lidečko in the west.
history
The place was probably built between the 13th and 14th centuries in the course of the establishment of villages along the Moravian - Hungarian border to fortify them. The place was first mentioned in 1499 as Lhota and was one of the numerous settlements that were temporarily released from obligations to the authorities after their foundation. Together with Senice , Pulčín and the later extinct village of Zubrůvka, Lhota formed a small partnership of the Brumov lordship . In the first half of the 16th century, the village was led alternately under the different names Dzbelov , Lhoty , Petrovská Lhota , Markova Lhota , Petrovské Lhoty and Zbelovy Lhoty . After Adam von Lomnitz auf Brumov acquired the village from Tristan Franz von Háj in 1549 , it was named Francova Lhota.
Until the 18th century the inhabitants suffered from invasions by the Turks, and in the course of border feuds between Moravian and Hungarian rulers, residents of Francova Lhota were abducted. The economic hardship meant that 330 residents of the town emigrated to America between 1850 and 1914.
The rock and cave landscape of the Pulčínské skály was placed under nature protection in 1966 and declared a National Nature Reserve Pulčín-Hradisko in 1989 . Francova Lhota has had a coat of arms since 1997.
Local division
The municipality of Francova Lhota consists of the districts Francova Lhota ( Franzenschlag ) and Pulčín ( Pultschin ) and the settlements of Běchov, Jáma and Pošle ( Poschla ).
Attractions
- baroque church of St. Stephen of Hungary
- Bell tower with carillon made by Laeticia Ditrichová from Brodek , consecrated in 1989
- Fountain in the center of the village, created in 2006 based on a design by the sculptor Zdeněk Wehrenberg from Vsetín
- Pulčínské Skály ( Pultschiner Rock ) on the Hradisko
- Čubův kopec with a 16 m high observation tower built in 1991
- Kobsa linden (Kobzova Lípa) by the Kočičina stream in Pošle, the hollow tree was planted in 1530 by the then landlord Tristan Franz von Háj
- Pulčín lime tree in Pulčín, 250–300 years old
- Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Pulčín, consecrated in 1930
Sons and daughters of the church
- Karel Zavřel (1891–1963), tenor, came from Pulčín
- Štěpán Trochta (1905–1974), bishop
