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Ostrožská Lhota Village 
Ostrožská Lhota – view from the north
FlagCountry Czech Republic Region Zlín District Uherské Hradiště Elevation 207 m (679 ft) Coordinates 48°58′31″N 17°28′25″E / 48.97528°N 17.47361°E Area 6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi) Population 1,587 (2006-08-28) Density 250 / km2 (647 / sq mi) First mentioned 1371 Mayor Antonín Jelének Timezone CET (UTC+1) - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 687 23 
Location in the Czech RepublicStatistics: statnisprava.cz Website: www.ostrozskalhota.cz Ostrožská Lhota (Czech pronunciation: [ˈostroʃskaː ˈlɦota]) is a village in the Uherské Hradiště District, Zlín Region, Czech Republic. On 1 January 2007, it had a population of 1587 inhabitants.
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History
The first written mention of the village comes from 1371, the reign of emperor Charles IV, when the Moravian margrave John Henry passed the land of Uherský Ostroh to his son John Sobieslaus.[1] At that time, the village was called Majori Lhota (Latin for Great Lhota).
In 1421, the so far Catholic parishioners had to follow the example of their master Hašek of Waldsheim and adopt the religion of the Moravian Brethren. In the Hussite Wars, they fought along with the Hussites.
In 1511, John of Kunovice bought the land of Ostroh and his house later held it until the Thirty Years' War. At that time, the village was named Ostrovská Lhota, Ostrá Lhota or Kamenná Lhota ("kamenná" means literally "stony"). In 1592, the lords of Kunovice had a first register of cottars and their property made – Registra správní panství ostrovského léta 1592 ("Administrative register of the land of Ostroh"). This register listed a total of 72 family farms. The following names were listed there and have been preserved up to the 20th century: Blahuš, Vaněk, Vlk, Pavelka, Štajnoch, Bachan, Hanáček, Válek, Hanák, Malušek.
After the Battle of White Mountain, the last lord of the land, John Bernard of Kunovice, escaped to Transylvania and his property was bought in 1625 by Gundakar of Liechtenstein, whose descendants held the village until 1918. At the change of the 16th and 17th century (in the years 1663, 1674, 1699, 1705), the village suffered attacks by the Kuruc, Turkish and Tatar peoples from the kingdom of Hungary and was repeatedly burned down.
An independent clerical ministry in the parish was founded in 1766 by countryman Jan Maluš, a priest in the nearby village of Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem, which the parish of Ostrožská Lhota had previously belonged to.
During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the retreating Austrian soldiers spread an epidemic of cholera into the village, which caused a death of several tens of its inhabitants.
The present parish church dedicated to St. James the Greater was built in 1908, in place of a torn down church building from 1832, whose tower originated from the oldest known church, collapsed in 1830.
Present time
In 2007, a solar energy power plant was installed in Ostrožská Lhota, which in the time of its inauguration was the largest power plant of this kind in Central Europe, reaching an output of 702 kWp.
Sights
- Statue of St. John the Baptist from 1747
- Parochial church of St. James the Greater from 1908 in a late baroque style
People associated with the village
- Mons. ThDr. Antonín Šuránek (May 29, 1902 in Ostrožská Lhota – November 3, 1982 in Petřkovice) – spiritual of the priest seminary of Olomouc, Servant of God, buried in the local cemetery
- Charles Paul Blahous III (born 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA) – former Special Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Economic Policy – is a fourth generation descendant of Czech ancestry originating from Ostrožská Lhota
References
- Žajdlík, Pavel; et col. (2001). Ostrožská Lhota 1371-2001. Ostrožská Lhota: Obecní úřad Ostrožská Lhota. pp. 64 s. il. (some colorful), maps 21 cm. ISBN 80-238-9937-6.
- Village of Ostrožská Lhota (1930-1997). Obecní kronika. Ostrožská Lhota: Obecní úřad Ostrožská Lhota.
External links
Categories:- Uherské Hradiště District
- Villages in the Czech Republic
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