Hodonín District () is a

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in the

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of the

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. Its capital is the town 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 ...

Administrative division

Hodonín District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Hodonín, Kyjov and Veselí nad Moravou.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold: Archlebov -

Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Geography Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem is located about northeast of Hodon ...

- Blatnička - Bukovany -

Bzenec Bzenec (; ) is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. Geography Bzenec is located about northeast of Hodonín. Larger part of the municipal territory lies in a flat landsca ...

Čejč Čejč () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Etymology The original form of the name of the village was ''Čaječ'' and was derived from the person ...

- Čejkovice - Čeložnice -

Dambořice Dambořice is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Geography Dambořice is located about northwest of Hodonín and southeast of Brno. It lies in a hil ...

- Dolní Bojanovice - Domanín - Dražůvky -

Dubňany Dubňany () is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,200 inhabitants. Geography Dubňany is located about north of Hodonín. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley. The Kyjo ...

Hovorany Hovorany () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Geography Hovorany is located about northwest of Hodonín and southeast of Brno. It lies in the Ky ...

Hroznová Lhota Hroznová Lhota is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Etymology Lhota is a common name of Czech villages. The municipality has a long vine-growing tra ...

Hrubá Vrbka Hrubá Vrbka () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Hrubá Vrbka, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately east of Ho ...

Hýsly Hýsly () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. History The first written mention of Hýsly is in a deed of bishop Jindřich Zdík Jindřich Zdík (al ...

- Javorník - Ježov -

Josefov Josefov (also Jewish Quarter; ) is a town quarter and the smallest cadastral area of Prague, Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town. It is surrounded by the Old Town. The quarter is often represented by the flag of Prague's Jew ...

Karlín Karlín () is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town (which became part of Prague in 1922). It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to t ...

Kelčany Kelčany () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Kelčany lies approximately north of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague ...

Kněždub Kněždub is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Kněždub lies approximately east of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague. Demog ...

- Kostelec -

Kozojídky Kozojídky is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Kozojídky lies approximately east of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague. Demog ...

Kuželov Kuželov () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Kuželov, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately east of Hodonín, ...

Kyjov Kyjov (; or ''Geyen'') is a town in Hodonín District 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 Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monum ...

- Labuty -

Lipov Lipov () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. Lipov, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately east of Hodonín, so ...

- Louka - Lovčice - Lužice -

Malá Vrbka Malá Vrbka () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Malá Vrbka, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately east of Hodo ...

Mikulčice Mikulčice () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Mikulčice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population accordi ...

Milotice Milotice () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. It is known for the Milotice Castle, which is protected as a national cultural monument. Geography M ...

- Mouchnice - Moravany -

Moravský Písek Moravský Písek is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Geography Moravský Písek is located about northeast of Hodonín and southeast of Brno. It l ...

- Mutěnice - Násedlovice -

Nechvalín Nechvalín is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Nechvalín lies approximately north of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague ...

- Nenkovice -

Nová Lhota Nová Lhota () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Nová Lhota, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately east of Hodo ...

- Nový Poddvorov -

Ostrovánky Ostrovánky is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Ostrovánky lies approximately north of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague ...

- Petrov - Prušánky -

Radějov Radějov is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Radějov lies approximately east of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague Prag ...

Ratíškovice Ratíškovice is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,000 inhabitants. Geography Ratíškovice is located about northeast of Hodonín and southeast of Hodonín. It lie ...

Rohatec Rohatec is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. Geography Rohatec is located about northeast of Hodonín and southeast of Brno, on the border with Slo ...

Šardice Šardice is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Geography Šardice is located about north of Hodonín and southeast of Brno. It lies in the Kyjov Hil ...

- Skalka - Skoronice - Sobůlky - Starý Poddvorov - Stavěšice -

Strážnice Strážnice () is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, u ...

Strážovice Strážovice () is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. History The first written mention of Strážovice is in a deed of Bishop Jindřich Zdík from 1141 ...

- Sudoměřice -

Suchov Suchov is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Suchov, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately east of Hodonín, sout ...

Svatobořice-Mistřín Svatobořice-Mistřín is a municipality in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Svatobořice-Mistřín consists of two municipal parts (in brackets populatio ...

- Syrovín - Tasov - Těmice -

Terezín Terezín (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. It is a former military fortress composed of the citadel and adjacent walled garrison town. The town centre i ...

- Tvarožná Lhota - Uhřice - Vacenovice -

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 ...

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 ...

Věteřov Věteřov is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Věteřov lies approximately north of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague P ...

- Vlkoš -

Vnorovy Vnorovy is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Vnorovy consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the ...

Vracov Vracov () is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. Etymology The town's name is derived from the personal name Vrac, which is an obsolete diminutive of the name Vratislav. ...

- Vřesovice - Žádovice - Žarošice - Ždánice - Želetice - Žeravice - Žeraviny

Geography

Hodonín District borders Slovakia in the south. The terrain is very varied. A large part consists of the lowland, which belongs to the warmest and driest areas in the country. The north and southeast of the territory is hilly. The territory extends into seven geomorphological mesoregions:

Lower Morava Valley The Lower Morava Valley (; ; ) is a geomorphological formation (special type of valley) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is formed by the depression in the Western Carpathians (Ždánice Forest, Kyjov Hills and Pálava Protected Landscap ...

(southwest and centre),

Kyjov Hills The Kyjov Hills () is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpathians. The hills spread ove ...

(a strip from west to east),

Ždánice Forest The Ždánice Forest (in Czech, ''Ždánický les''; known in German as the ''Steinitzer Wald'') is a mountain range and forest in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a land ...

(northwest),

Chřiby Chřiby (, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The area is a nature park and tourist park, offering a variety of natural features, rock f ...

(small part in the northeast),

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 ...

(east),

White Carpathians The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...

(southeast), and Chvojnice Hills (a negligible area along the Czech-Slovak border). The highest point of the district is a contour line on the slopes of the mountain Durda in

with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Morava in

at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 25.4% of the district's area. The main river of the district is the Morava, which flows across the district from east to southwest and partly forms the Czech-Slovak border. Its most important tributaries in the district are the

Kyjovka The Kyjovka (also known as Stupava) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Thaya River. It flows through the South Moravian Region, South Moravian and Zlín Region, Zlín regions. It is long. Etymology The river is named after ...

and Velička. The

Myjava Myjava (; historically also Miava, , ) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flows through the town. It ...

River originates here, but immediately leaves the territory of the country. Overall, the territory of the district is poor in bodies of water, but there is a numerous system of fishponds on the Kyjovka River. The largest of the ponds is Jarohněvický rybník with an area of . Bílé Karpaty is a protected landscape area that extends into the district in the southeast.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Hodonín District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important roads are the I/54 and I/55 roads.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: *Slavic gord of

Mikulčice-Valy Mikulčice-Valy is an archaeological site and a museum with remains of a significant Slavic gord from the times of the Great Moravian Empire. The site is located in Mikulčice in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, near the river Mo ...

Castle *Windmill in

*Belfry in Louka *Kyjov Town Hall The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

-Stará Hora (monument reservation) * Petrov-Plže (monument reservation) *

* Vápenky * Javorník-Kopánky The most visited tourist destination is the

Hodonín Zoo Hodonín Zoo is a zoo, located on the northwestern outskirts of Hodonín in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. History Hodonín Zoo was created on the initiative of the former City National Committee, chaired by Emil Schwarz. Founded ...

Notable people

References

External links

Hodonín District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodonin District Districts of the South Moravian Region