| Prostřední 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: | 49.4361°N 18.2519°W |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1703 |
| Area Total Km2: | 23.47 |
| Elevation M: | 470 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1820 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 756 56 |
Prostřední Bečva is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.
The name means 'middle Bečva'. It refers to its location between Horní Bečva and Dolní Bečva.
Prostřední Bečva is located about northeast of Vsetín and 47km (29miles) northeast of Zlín. The built-up area is situated in the valley of the Rožnovská Bečva River.
The southern part of the municipal territory with the village proper lies in the Rožnov Furrow valley. The northern part lies in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. The municipal border leads over the peaks of several important mountains, including Čertův mlýn at 1206m (3,957feet), Radegast at 1106m (3,629feet), Tanečnice at 1084m (3,556feet), Skalka at 1037m (3,402feet), and over the Pustevny mountain saddle at 1017m (3,337feet).
Prostřední Bečva was founded in 1703.[2]
The I/35 road (part of the European route E442) from Valašské Meziříčí to the Czech-Slovak border passes through the municipality.
Pustevny mountain saddle is famous for Libušín and Maměnka mountain cottages. These Art Nouveau folk buildings were built by Dušan Jurkovič in 1898. A wooden belfry in Pustevny was also designed by Jurkovič.[3] The Pustevny area is protected as a national cultural monument.[4]
The main landmark of the village centre is the Church of Saint Zdislava. It is a modern church, built in 2001.[5]