Hodonín

Hodonín
Hodonín
	Toun
	Toun haw
	Banner Coat airms
	Hodonín Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 48°50′56.17″N 17°7′56″E / 48.8489361°N 17.13222°ECoordinates: 48°50′56.17″N 17°7′56″E / 48.8489361°N 17.13222°E
Kintra	Czech Republic
Region	Sooth Moravian
Destrict	Hodonín
Foondit	11t century
Govrenment
• Mayor	Libor Střecha
Area
• Total	63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Population (2019-01-01)
• Total	24,682
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	695 01
Website	www.hodonin.eu

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Hodonín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦodoɲiːn]; German: Göding) is a toun on the River Morava in the sootheast o Moravie, in the Czech Republic. It lees in the Sooth Moravie Region. The population is 25,259 (2012). Hodonín wis first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a toun. In 1850 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first preses o independent Czechoslovakie, wis born thare.

In the vicinity o the toun thare is a ile field an a stratum o lignite, that wis umwhile transportit tae the toun o Otrokovice, a few kilometres frae the ceety o Zlín, bi a special watter chainel kent as the Baťův kanál. It wis biggit bi the famous Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa an nou operates as a tourist attraction.