Žítková is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Geography Žítková is located about east of Uherské Hradiště, south of Zlín and northwest of Trenčín, on the border with Slovakia. It lies in the White Carpathians mountain range and within the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area. The highest point is the hill Žítkovský vrch at above sea level, and the majority of the dispersed settlement is situated on its slopes. The municipal territory contains two nature reserves called Hutě and Pod Žítkovským vrchem.
History In the 16th and 17th centuries, the area was repeatedly ravaged by the raids of Tatars, Turks and Kurucs. Žítková was founded during the colonisation at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The first written mention of Žítková is from 1731, when new settlers came to the village.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. On the Czech–Slovak border is the road border crossing Žítková / Liešna.
Sights Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are two homesteads (one from the early 19th century and one undated) and a hayloft from the 19th century.
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