Lhota (Vyškov)

Lhota is a village and municipal part of Vyškov, a town in Vyškov District of the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 370 inhabitants.

Lhota
Municipal part of Vyškov
Chapel in Lhota
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian Region
District	Vyškov
Municipality	Vyškov
Area
• Total	2.35 km2 (0.91 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	368
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	682 01

It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Vyškov and 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Brno.

History

Lhota and other villages with the same name were founded during the 13th and first half of the 14th centuries. The inhabitants of these villages were exempted from all wages for a certain period of time, i.e. a period (in Old Czech lhóta, meaning 'grace period') for cutting down the forest and turning it into fields.^[2]

During the German occupation in 1941, the inhabitants of 33 municipalities were evicted from the Drahany Highlands, including Lhota, only allowed to return after in 1945. Of the 129 homes, 25 were destroyed and 70 badly damaged.^[3][4]

The village was merged with Rychtářov in 1964, both of which then became part of Vyškov in 1986.^[4][5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 390 —     1880 416 +6.7% 1890 455 +9.4% 1900 466 +2.4% 1910 520 +11.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 493 −5.2% 1930 539 +9.3% 1950 307 −43.0% 1961 362 +17.9% 1970 344 −5.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 328 −4.7% 1991 348 +6.1% 2001 356 +2.3% 2011 352 −1.1% 2021 368 +4.5%
Source: Censuses[5][1]

Culture

For cultural purposes, Lhota uses a partially reconstructed Sokol building located in the upper part of the settlement on a hill, founded in 1919. The Sokol organization manages the building, including a pub and a sports field, and hosts various events for all ages, like camps, tournaments, trips and easter events.^[6]

Monuments

• Monument to the memory of those who died in World War I in front of the bell tower - The names of 13 victims immortalized on the monument.
• Columb shrine at the school from the early 19th century
• Bell tower on the village square
• A cast iron cross built in 1891, in memory of the deceased Karel Kilián
• Stone cross for the honor and greater glory of God from 1897.
• Archaeological site of the extinct settlement of Lipina^[7]

Notable people

• Oldřich Skácel (1908-2002), colonel in World War II, was born here
• František Uhlíř (1900-1980) politician and interwar and postwar deputy for the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party, in exile after 1949^[8]