| Dolní Bečva | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zlín |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vsetín |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.455°N 18.1942°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1597 |
| Area Total Km2: | 20.04 |
| Elevation M: | 427 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1985 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 756 55 |
Dolní Bečva is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.
Dolní Bečva is located about northeast of Vsetín and 38km (24miles) south of Ostrava. It lies on the border between the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range and the Rožnov Furrow valley. The highest point is the Radhošť mountain at 1129m (3,704feet) above sea level, whose peak lies on the municipal border. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Rožnovská Bečva River.
The first written mention of Dolní Bečva is from 1597.[2]
The I/35 road (part of the European route E442) from Valašské Meziříčí to the Czech-Slovak border passes through the municipality.
In the centre of Dolní Bečva is the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1906.[3]
On the Radhošť mountain there are the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the Radegast statue by Albin Polasek (the original from 1931 was replaced with a copy in 1998).[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Dolní Bečva is twinned with:[5]
Kamenec pod Vtáčnikom, Slovakia