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Hodonín
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Hodonín (; ) 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 25,479 (2011).

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 there.

In the vicinity of the town there is an oil field and a stratum 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.

Hodonín (disambiguation)

Hodonín ( is a name of several locations in the Czech Republic:

  • Hodonín, a city in the South Moravian Region ( Hodonín District)
  • Hodonín, a small village in the Pardubice Region ( Chrudim District)
  • Hodonín, a small village in the South Moravian Region ( Blansko District)
Hodonín (Chrudim District)
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Hodonín is a very small village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 84 inhabitants.