Lešná

Lešná
Lešná
Municipality
	Lešná Castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Lešná Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°31′14″N 17°55′48″E / 49.52056°N 17.93000°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Vsetín
First mentioned	1355
Government
• Mayor	Jaromír Zavadil
Area
• Total	22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	2,053
• Density	91/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	756 41
Website	www.obec-lesna.cz

Lešná is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Jasenice, Lhotka nad Bečvou, Mštěnovice, Perná, Příluky and Vysoká are administrative parts of Lešná.

Geography

Lešná is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Nový Jičín and 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Vsetín. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills, on the right bank of the Bečva River.

History

The first written mention of Lešná is from 1355. From 1481 to 1628, it was owned by the Pražma family.^[2]

Sights

The Lešná Castle was built in the first half of the 17th century in the site of a medieval fort. The late Renaissance castle was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style in the late 19th century. In 1820–1840, an English park with an area of 7.2 hectares (17.8 acres) was founded. The park has a rich collection of mainly exotic trees and shrubs.^[2]

The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel is the oldest building in the municipality. It was built in the Baroque style in 1635.^[2]

Notable people

Josef Seilern (1883–1939), Austrian-Czech ornithologist and oologist

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Historie Lešné" (in Czech). Obec Lešná. Retrieved 2021-12-28.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.

[history-2] "Historie Lešné" (in Czech). Obec Lešná. Retrieved 2021-12-28.

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