Suchá Loz is a municipality and village in

Uherské Hradiště District Uherské Hradiště District () is a district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Uherské Hradiště. Administrative division Uherské Hradiště District is divided into two administrative districts of municipa ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Geography

Suchá Loz is located about southeast of

Uherské Hradiště Uherské Hradiště (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. The agglomeration with the two neighbouring towns of Staré Město (Uherské Hradiště District), Staré Město and Kunovice has over ...

and south 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 ...

. The northern part of the municipality with the built-up area 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 southern part lies in the

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 ...

mountain range. The highest point is the mountain Studený vrch at above sea level. The village is situated along the Nivnička Stream. Most of the municipality lies in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area.

History

The first written mention of Suchá Loz is from 1261.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Suchá Loz is the Church of Saint Ludmila. It is a modern church, built in 1994–1999. Suchá Loz is poor in valuable buildings. The only protected cultural monument so far is a rural house from the mid-19th century, but due to recent reconstruction it has lost its value.

Mineral water

The municipality is known for its mineral water spring, which are said to have restorative properties. The existence of the spring has been known since 1580.

Notable people

Petr Gazdík Petr Gazdík (born 26 June 1974) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician who has been member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies since 2010. He served as Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic), M ...

(born 1974), politician, mayor of Suchá Loz in 2002–2010

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