Dolní Bečva is a village in Vsetín District

Vsetín District

Vsetín District is one of four districts within Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vsetín.-Complete list of municipalities:Branky - Bystřička - Choryně - Dolní Bečva -...

, Zlín Region

Zlín Region

Zlín Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the central-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín....

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It has a population of 1,828 (2006). Located between Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

Rožnov pod Radhoštem

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is a town in Zlín Region, Czech Republic.-People:* Gustav Brom, lived here* Martina Hingis, lived here as a child* Naphtali Keller, lived and died here* Emil Zátopek, buried here-See also:* Romanian diaspora, Romanian exonyms...

 and Prostřední Bečva

Prostřední Bečva

Prostřední Bečva is a village and municipality in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 1,682 ....

, the village is nestled in a valley of the Beskydy Mountains. Dolni means "lower" in Czech, and the Bečva is a river that snakes through the village. Dolní Bečva is a popular tourist destination thanks to Pustevny, a mountain on which is located a ski resort, Radegast

Radegast (god)

Radegast, also Radigost, Redigast, Riedegost or Radogost, is mentioned by Adam of Bremen in his Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum as the deity worshipped in the Lutician city of Rethra. Likewise, Helmold in his Chronica Slavorum wrote of Radegast as a Lutician god...

 sculpture, and a church dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius.

External links

Official website