Roštín

Municipality in Zlín, Czech Republic

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49°11′20″N 17°17′10″E / 49.18889°N 17.28611°E / 49.18889; 17.28611Country

Czech RepublicRegion Zlín District KroměřížFirst mentioned1240Area

• Total18.03 km² (6.96 sq mi)Elevation

278 m (912 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total694 • Density38/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

768 03

Websitewww.rostin.cz

Roštín is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Geography

Roštín is located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Kroměříž and 27 km (17 mi) west of Zlín. The northwestern half of the municipality lies in the Litenčice Hills. The southeastern half lies in a forested landscape of the Chřiby range. Brdo, the highest mountain of the whole Central Moravian Carpathians region with an elevation of 587 m (1,926 ft), is located in the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Roštín is from 1240. In 1250, the village was mentioned as property of the monastery in Velehrad. The settlement was probably located around the Church of Saint James the Great. After it was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, it was restored on its current location.^[2]

Throughout the centuries, it was owned by various lower noblemen, and several times merged with neighbouring Cetechovice and then separated again.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,135	—
1880	1,121	−1.2%
1890	1,139	+1.6%
1900	1,143	+0.4%
1910	1,140	−0.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,174	+3.0%
1930	1,065	−9.3%
1950	956	−10.2%
1961	994	+4.0%
1970	882	−11.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	773	−12.4%
1991	677	−12.4%
2001	673	−0.6%
2011	693	+3.0%
2021	654	−5.6%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

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

Sights

The Church of Saint James the Great is a cemetery church, situated in the rural area of Roštín. The original church was first mentioned in 1193, earlier than the village. It was rebuilt several times. Its current form is from 1742.^[5]

The Church of Saint Anne was built in the centre of Roštín in 1847 to replace the remote church with its function. It was built on the site of a chapel from 1777.^[5]

There is a stone observation tower on the Brdo mountain.^[6]

Notable people

Heinrich Friedjung (1851–1920), Austrian historian and journalist

Gallery

Roštín as seen from Brdo
Main street
Church of Saint Anne

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Roštín. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Kroměříž" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 7–8.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ ^a ^b "Kostely" (in Czech). Obec Roštín. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "Rozhledna Brdo ve Chřibech" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2021-12-14.