Fryšták
town in the Czech Republic
Fryšták (German: Freistadtl) is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. The town is located on the stream Fryštácký potok, on the border of the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains and Vizovice Highlands. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Administrative division
Fryšták consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Etymology
The name is a Czech transliteration of the German words frei stadt (i.e. 'free town').
Geography
Fryšták is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Zlín. The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains and rest of the territory lies in the Vizovice Highlands. The highest point is at 566 m (1,857 ft) above sea level. Fryšták lies on the border between the ethnographic regions of Moravian Wallachia and Haná.
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