Nový Hrozenkov is a market town in

Vsetín District Vsetín District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vsetín. Administrative division Vsetín District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended com ...

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 The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.

Etymology

After its establishment, the municipality was first Nová Dědina (literally 'new village') or Rozinkov, probably after Rozina, who was the wife of the land owner. Later the name was distorted to Hrozenkov. From the early 19th century, the name Nový Hrozenkov ('new Hrozenkov') has been used to distinguish from Starý Hrozenkov.

Geography

Nový Hrozenkov is located about east of

Vsetín Vsetín () is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. Originally a small town, Vsetín has become an important centre of industrial, economic, cultural and sports life during the 20th century. Administ ...

and east of

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...

. It borders Slovakia in the south. It lies on the border between the

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains () is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of conifer ...

and

Maple Mountains The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľký ...

. The highest point is the Stolečný mountain at above sea level, which top is on the Czech-Slovak border. The market town proper is situated in the valley of the

Vsetínská Bečva The Vsetínská Bečva (also called Horní Bečva; , ''Obere Betsch'') is a river in the Czech Republic. It flows through the Zlín Region. It is the upper course of the Bečva, but usually it is considered a separate river. Until its confluence w ...

River. The whole territory of Nový Hrozenkov lies in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.

History

Until 1649, the area was part of Hovězí, which belonged to the

estate owned by Mikuláš Pázmány. In 1649, 41 homesteads separated from Hovězí and established the new municipality.

Demographics

Transport

Nový Hrozenkov is located on the railway line

–

Velké Karlovice 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 division Velké Karlovice consists ...

Sights

There are no important monuments in Nový Hrozenkov. Among the protected cultural monuments are a monument of fallen partisans on the local cemetery and two rural homesteads, built in 1830 and 1835. One of the homesteads now houses Memorial of Antonín Strnadel, a small museum dedicated to this painter and graphic artist, who had his atelier there in 1935–1936. The main landmark of Nový Hrozenkov is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. Its construction was finished in 1789.

Notable people

* Hubert Pilčík (1891–1951), serial killer * Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), Canadian industrialist and philanthropist *

Otto Dov Kulka Otto Dov Kulka (''Ôttô Dov Qûlqā''; 16 January 1933 in Nový Hrozenkov, Czechoslovakia – 29 January 2021 in Jerusalem; ) was an Israeli historian, professor emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His primary areas of specializatio ...

(1933–2021), Israeli historian *

Vítězslav Országh Vítězslav Országh (born 21 December 1943) is a Czech retired weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () a ...

(born 1943), weightlifter

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novy Hrozenkov Populated places in Vsetín District Market towns in the Czech Republic Moravian Wallachia