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Hodonín
Town
Center of the town
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
Commune	Hodonín
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Coordinates	48°50′56.17″N 17°7′56″E / 48.8489361°N 17.13222°E / 48.8489361; 17.13222
Area	63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
Population	26,226 (2006)
Density	416 /km2 (1,077 /sq mi)
Founded	11th century
Mayor	Lubor Šimeček
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	695 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Hodonín
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: Hodonin.eu

Hodonín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦodoɲiːn]; German: Göding) is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region. The population is 26,226 (2006). Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town. In 1850 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, was born here.

In the vicinity of the town there is an oil field and a strata of lignite, which was formerly transported to the town of Otrokovice, a few kilometers from the city of Zlín, by a special water channel known as the Baťův kanál. It was built by the famous Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa and now operates as a tourist attraction.

[edit] Twin Towns

Hodonín is twinned with:

• Jasło in Poland (since May 2006) ^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Municipal website (Czech)

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