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Hulín

Coordinates: 49°19′0″N 17°27′50″E / 49.31667°N 17.46389°E / 49.31667; 17.46389
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Hulín
Town
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Coordinates: 49°19′0″N 17°27′50″E / 49.31667°N 17.46389°E / 49.31667; 17.46389
CountryFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
RegionZlín
DistrictKroměříž
First mentioned1224
Government
 • MayorJaromír Žůrek
Area
 • Total
32.12 km2 (12.40 sq mi)
Elevation
191 m (627 ft)
Population
 (2026-01-01)[1]
 • Total
6,377
 • Density198.5/km2 (514.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
768 24
Websitewww.hulin.cz

Hulín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦuliːn]; German: Hullein) is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. The town is located in the Upper Morava Valley, on the streams Rusava and Mojena.

Administrative division

Hulín consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

  • Hulín (5,901)
  • Chrášťany (92)
  • Záhlinice (327)

Geography

Hulín is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Kroměříž and 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Zlín. It lies in a flat landscape in the Upper Morava Valley. The Rusava and Mojena streams flow through the town. The Rusava flows into the Morava River, which forms part of the southern municipal border. There is a system of several fishponds south of the town.

History

The first written mention of Hulín is from 1224, when the visit of King Ottokar I was documented. In 1261, the village was donated to the church by King Ottokar II of Bohemia as acknowledgement to bishop Bruno von Schauenburg for his services. Shortly after, Hulín was promoted to a town. At the end of the 13th century, a local small fortress was rebuilt to a bigger castle and the town centre was fortified with walls and a moat.[3]

The local population subsisted mainly on agriculture. The breeding of cattle was significant. In the 1840s, the railway was built and the town slowly began to industrialise.[3]

Demographics

Transport

The town is surrounded by motorways on two sides. The intersection of the D1 and D55 motorways is located in the northern part of the territory.

Hulín is a railway junction. The town is located on the lines Prague–Luhačovice, Brno–Olomouc and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm–Kojetín.[6]

Sport

SK Spartak Hulín is a football club which played in the Moravian–Silesian Football League (third tier of Czech football system). After relegation in 2019, the club suspended its activities and since the 2020–21 season it plays in lower amateur tiers.

Sights

The main landmark of Hulín is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was founded in the early 13th century. The originally Romanesque church was rebuilt into its present form after a fire in 1747.[7]

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Hulín is twinned with:[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Historie" (in čeština). Město Hulín. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  4. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  6. ↑ "Station details Hulín". České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  7. ↑ "Kostel sv. Václava a fara" (in čeština). Město Hulín. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  8. ↑ "Družební setkání ve Zlatých Moravcích". Hulíňan (in čeština). Město Hulín: 12. September 2019.
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