Radhošť

Statue of Cyril and Methodius group

The Radhosť ( German Radhoštěm ) is a 1129 m high mountain in the Moravian- Silesian Beskids. It is located in the Moravian Wallachia, Moravia, Czech Republic, east of the city Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. Its name comes with some certainty back to Radhosť ( Radegast ), a god of the Slavs.

On the elongated ridge located in Pusteven several wooden houses from the turn of the century in imitation of Wallachian in construction that have already been built as a tourist destination. To the west of the ridge, overlooking the lying in the valley Rožnov pod Radhoštěm ( Rosenau under R. ) there is a small church, which is dedicated to the Slavic saints Cyril and Methodius, who converted on their missionary journeys also the inhabitants of the Great Moravian Empire to Christianity should have.