Lopeník

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Lopeník
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Lopeník (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Zlínský kraj
District : Uherské Hradiště
Area : 1247 ha
Geographic location : 48 ° 56 '  N , 17 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '19 "  N , 17 ° 47' 1"  E
Height: 670  m nm
Residents : 235 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 687 67
License plate : Z
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Vojtěch Vráblík (as of 2006)
Address: Lopeník 211
687 67 Březová u Uherského Brodu
Municipality number: 592340
Website : www.obec-lopenik.cz

Lopeník (German Lopenik ) is a municipality in the Okres Uherské Hradiště in the Czech Republic . It is located 15 km southeast of Uherský Brod in the White Carpathians and belongs to the Zlínský kraj region .

geography

The scattered settlement, surrounded by wooded mountains, is located north of the border with Slovakia in the Hrubár valley. The Malý Lopeník (881 m) and the Velký Lopeník (911 m) behind it rise to the south .

Neighboring towns are Bystřice pod Lopeníkem in the north, Vápenice in the northeast, Vyškovec and Výškovecké Bošáčky in the southeast, Březová in the southwest and Suchá Loz in the northwest.

history

Lopeník was created in 1791 by building individual huts in the course of the forest clearing. The inhabitants of the remote place lived from cattle farming and logging as well as the production of tools and art objects made of wood. Some of them earned their living abroad. The area began to be developed for tourism in the 20th century.

Attractions

Individual evidence

  1. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)

Web links

Commons : Lopeník  - collection of images, videos and audio files