Hodonín

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Hodonín
Town
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Hodonín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°50′56″N 17°7′57″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
Founded	11th century
Government
• Mayor	Libor Střecha
Area
• Total	63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Population  (2019-01-01)
• Total	24,682
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	695 01
Website	www.hodonin.eu

Hodonín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦodoɲiːn]; Template:Lang-de) is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region, on the border with Slovakia. The population is around 25,000.

History

Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town. In 1850 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, was born here.

Economy

In the vicinity of the town there is an oil field and a stratum of brown coal, which was formerly transported to the town of Otrokovice, a few kilometers from the city of Zlín, by the Baťa Canal, which was built by the Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa and now operates as a tourist attraction.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1890 7,616 —     1900 9,018 +18.4% 1921 13,200 +46.4% 1930 14,882 +12.7% 1950 13,572 −8.8% 1970 20,829 +53.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1980 25,485 +22.4% 1991 28,230 +10.8% 2001 27,361 −3.1% 2006 26,226 −4.1% 2011 25,479 −2.8% 2019 24,682 −3.1%

Notable people

• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher, the first president of Czechoslovakia
• Zdeněk Škromach (born 1956), politician
• Dana Čechová (born 1983), table tennis player
• Vítězslav Veselý (born 1983), javelin thrower
• Michal Kempný (born 1990), ice hockey player

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Hodonín is twinned with:

• Holíč, Slovakia
• Jaslo, Poland
• Trebišov, Slovakia
• Zistersdorf, Austria

External links

• Municipal website (in Czech)