Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem is a municipality and village in

Hodonín District Hodonín District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Hodonín. Administrative division Hodonín District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Geography

Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem is located about northeast of

Hodonín Hodonín (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Geography Hodonín is located about southeast of Brno, on the border with Slovakia. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Va ...

and southwest of

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...

. It lies in the

Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions. It is named after the town of Vizovice. Geomorphology The Vizovice Highlands are a mesoregi ...

. The highest point is the hill Střečkův kopec at above sea level. The Svodnice Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem is from 1046. It was located on a trade route. The first mentions of the local wine production are from the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

Demographics

Economy

Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem is known for its

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...

production, which has a rich tradition and has its own brand of wine Blatnický Roháč.

Transport

In the centre of the village is the intersection of two main roads: the I/54 (the section from

Veselí nad Moravou Veselí nad Moravou (, ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Veselí nad Mor ...

to the Czech-Slovak border in

Strání Strání is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,300 inhabitants. It lies in the White Carpathians mountain range. For centuries, the village of Květná within the mu ...

) and the I/71 (from

Uherský Ostroh Uherský Ostroh (; ) is a town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mo ...

to the Czech-Slovak border in

Velká nad Veličkou Velká nad Veličkou () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. Geography Velká nad Veličkou is located about east of Hodonín and west of Trenčín ...

Sights

The wine is produced in traditional vineyard buildings of folk architecture – ''búdy'', which are above-ground cellars and presses. The oldest were built at the end of the 16th or at the beginning of the 17th century. The area with ''búdy'' is protected as a village monument zone. In the village centre is the Church of Saint Andrew. The current building was built in 1714–1717, when it replaced an older church from 1480. The prismatic tower contains a renaissance core from the original church. The Antonínský hill above the village with the small Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua is the main pilgrimage site in

Moravian Slovakia Moravian Slovakia, also called Slovácko (, older ''Moravské Slovensko'') is a cultural region in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Moravia, on the border with Slovakia (the Slovak region of Záho ...

. The chapel was built in 1688 anc containts two murals painter by

Jano Köhler Jano Köhler (sometimes spelled Jano Koehler; 9 February 1873 – 20 January 1941) was a Czechs, Czech painter. He is known for decorating sacral buildings with frescoes and sgraffito, sgraffiti. Life and education Köhler was born in a Czech-Ge ...

. Part of the pilgrimage complex are the

Stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Via Dolorosa, Way of Sorrows or the , are a series of fourteen images depicting Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and acc ...

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