Uherské Hradiště District () is a
district
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in the
Zlín Region
Zlín Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. Its capital is the town 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 ...
.
Administrative division
Uherské Hradiště District is divided into two
administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Uherské Hradiště and Uherský Brod.
List of municipalities
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'':
Babice -
Bánov -
Bílovice -
Bojkovice -
Boršice u Blatnice -
Boršice -
Břestek -
Březolupy -
Březová -
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Buchlovice'' -
Bystřice pod Lopeníkem -
Částkov -
Dolní Němčí -
Drslavice -
Hluk -
Horní Němčí -
Hostějov -
Hostětín -
Hradčovice -
Huštěnovice -
Jalubí -
Jankovice -
Kněžpole -
Komňa -
Korytná -
Košíky -
Kostelany nad Moravou -
Kudlovice -
Kunovice -
Lopeník -
Medlovice -
Mistřice -
Modrá -
Nedachlebice -
Nedakonice -
Nezdenice -
Nivnice -
Ořechov -
Ostrožská Lhota -
Ostrožská Nová Ves -
''
Osvětimany'' -
Pašovice -
Pitín -
Podolí -
Polešovice -
Popovice -
Prakšice -
Rudice -
Salaš -
Slavkov -
Staré Hutě -
Staré Město -
Starý Hrozenkov -
Strání -
Stříbrnice -
Stupava -
Suchá Loz -
Šumice -
Sušice
Sušice (; ) is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň 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)#Monument zones, urban mon ...
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Svárov -
Topolná -
Traplice -
Tučapy -
Tupesy -
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 ...
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Uherský Brod
Uherský Brod (; ) is a town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrati ...
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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 ...
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Újezdec -
Vápenice -
Vážany -
Velehrad
Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints ...
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Veletiny -
Vlčnov -
Vyškovec -
Záhorovice -
Žítková
Zlámanec -
Zlechov
Geography
Uherské Hradiště District borders Slovakia in the southeast. The terrain is very varied. A lowland runs through the centre of the territory, which is surrounded by highlands and mountains. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions:
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 ...
(most of the territory),
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),
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 ...
(a strip from southwest to north),
Kyjov Hills (a strip from west to north) and
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 ...
(northwest). The highest point of the district is the mountain
Velká Javořina
Velká Javořina () is a mountain massif on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At above sea level, it is the highest peak of the White Carpathians mountain range.
Name
The name Javořina/Javorina is derived from the Slavic word '' ...
in
Strání with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Nová Morava Channel of the Morava River in
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 ...
at .
From the total district area of ,
agricultural land
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occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 30.5% of the district's area.
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The main river of the district is the Morava, which flows across the district from north to south. Apart from several artificial lakes, created by the flooding of gravel quarries, and a few ]oxbow lake
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or stream pool, pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is meander cutoff, cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. The word "oxbow" can also refer to a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether ...
s of the Morava River, there are almost no bodies of water.
Bílé Karpaty is a protected landscape area that covers the southeastern part of the district.
Demographics
Most populated municipalities
Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Uherské Hradiště District and at least 500 employees are:
Transport
There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/50 (part of the European route E50) from Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
to Trenčín
Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...
.
Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
*A set of monuments of the Great Moravia
Great Moravia (; , ''Meghálī Moravía''; ; ; , ), or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, possibly including territories which are today part of the Czech Repub ...
n residential agglomeration in Staré Město – 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 ...
– Modrá
* Gord of Saint Clement in Osvětimany
* Buchlov Castle
* Buchlovice Castle
*Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad
Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints ...
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:
* Veletiny-Stará Hora (monument reservation)
* Vlčnov-Kojiny (monument reservation)
*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 ...
*Uherský Brod
Uherský Brod (; ) is a town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrati ...
*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 ...
Six of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Zlín Region are located in Uherské Hradiště District. The most visited tourist destinations are the basilica in Velehrad, Uherské Hradiště Aquapark, Živá voda in Modrá, Kovozoo in Staré Město, Modrá Archeoskanzen, and Buchlovice Castle.
Notable people
References
External links
Uherské Hradiště District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website
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Districts of the Zlín Region