Hodonín District () is a
district
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in the
South Moravian Region
The South Moravian Region (; , ; ), or just South Moravia, is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. The region's capital is Brno, th ...
of the
Czech Republic
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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
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 ...
with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Morava in
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
*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 ...
Castle
*Windmill in 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, ...
*Belfry in Louka
*Kyjov Town Hall
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:
*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 ...
-Stará Hora (monument reservation)
* Petrov-Plže (monument reservation)
*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 ...
*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 ...
*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 ...
* 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 ...
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Notable people
References
External links
Hodonín District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website
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Districts of the South Moravian Region