Valašské Klobouky

Valašské Klobouky
Town
Town square
Flag Coat of arms
Valašské Klobouky Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°8′26″N 18°0′43″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Zlín
Government
• Mayor	Eliška Olšáková
Area
• Total	26.94 km2 (10.40 sq mi)
Elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Population  (2019-01-01)
• Total	4,951
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	766 17
Website	www.valasskeklobouky.cz

Valašské Klobouky (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvalaʃskɛː ˈkloboukɪ]; German: Wallachisch Klobouk) is a small town in the Zlín Region, Czech Republic. It has approximately 5,000 inhabitants.

Location

The town lies in the valley of the Klobučka River on the border of the White Carpathians and the Vizovické Hills at the northern tip of the Protected Landscape Area of the White Carpathians, which was included on the list of UNESCO biosphere reserves in 1996.

Parts of the town

• Valašské Klobouky
• Lipina
• Mirošov
• Smolina

Notable people

• Jan Matzal Troska (1881–1961), writer
• Ladislav Mňačko (1919–1994), Slovak writer and journalist
• Bedřich Havlíček (1922–1994), regional historian and ethnographer

Controversy

In 2016, the concert of Czech black metal bands Root and Törr was canceled, after the local church has protested the event, supposedly due to the band's satanist ideology. After the city canceled the show, it had faced a major backlash, even by national media.

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Valašské Klobouky is twinned with:

• Kaysersberg, France
• Zelów, Poland