Velké Karlovice

Velké Karlovice
Municipality
Church of Our Lady of the Snows
Flag Coat of arms
Velké Karlovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°21′38″N 18°17′0″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Vsetín
Founded	1714
Area
• Total	80.81 km2 (31.20 sq mi)
Elevation	533 m (1,749 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)
• Total	2,373
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	756 06
Website	www.velkekarlovice.cz

Velké Karlovice is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. The municipality lies on the Vsetínská Bečva River.

Administrative parts

The village of Malé Karlovice is an administrative part of Velké Karlovice.

Geography

Velké Karlovice is located about 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Vsetín and 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Žilina in Slovakia. It borders Slovakia in the south and west. It lies on the border between the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains and Maple Mountains. The highest point is the Vysoká mountain at 1,024 m (3,360 ft) above sea level. Most of the built-up area is situated in the valley of the Vsetínská Bečva 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. In the western part of the municipal territory is the Razula National Nature Reserve. It has an area of 22.5 ha (56 acres). The reason for the protection is a fir-beech old-growth forest, 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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 4,572 —     1880 4,560 −0.3% 1890 5,110 +12.1% 1900 5,265 +3.0% 1910 5,235 −0.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 5,289 +1.0% 1930 4,855 −8.2% 1950 3,689 −24.0% 1961 3,847 +4.3% 1970 3,313 −13.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 2,991 −9.7% 1991 2,719 −9.1% 2001 2,676 −1.6% 2011 2,482 −7.2% 2021 2,213 −10.8%
Source: Censuses

Transport

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

Sights

Fojtství

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

External links

• Official website