Hodon�n city (Czech Republic)

• Hodon�n flag
• Hodon�n Coat of Arms

• Czech Republic
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• Brn�nsk� kraj
• Hodon�n okres

Hodon�n flag

The Hodonin flag can be found at this site. Adopted 29 Mar 1995.
Dov Gutterman, 6 Mar 2000

Hodon�n is a town of 28 341 inhabitants. District town in the Lower Moravian vale at the border with Slovakia, industrial, trade and banking centre of Slov�cko. After extinction of the Great Moravian Empire the water castle in Hodon�n started to be important as a guard of local important trade route at Czech - Hungarian border. The first written reference is from 1073. The foundation charter of the town Hodon�n is from 1228 - the town belonged to the queen Constance. The town used its good location by the trade route from Germany to the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. Later development of the town resulted in construction of new North Ferdinand�s railway in 1841, the first railway in Austria -Hungary from Vienna to P�erov and Silesia. At the beginning of the 20th century the Association of Moravian Fine Artists was founded. They were grouped round the painter Jo�a �prka. They organised many exhibitions of Moravian and Slovak artists. They initiated the House of Artists (D�m um�lc�) (now the Gallery). Tom� Garrigue Masaryk, the founder of the Czechoslovak state, was born in Hodon�n. The flag of Hodon�n city is nearly identical to the flag of �esky Krumlov city, except for the shape of the rose.
Jarig Bakker, 1 May 2000

Hodon�n Coat of Arms