Hulín

Hulín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦuliːn]; German: Hullein) is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants.

Hulín
Town
Town square with the town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Hulín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°19′0″N 17°27′50″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Kroměříž
First mentioned	1224
Government
• Mayor	Jaromír Žůrek
Area
• Total	32.12 km2 (12.40 sq mi)
Elevation	191 m (627 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	6,491
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	768 24
Website	www.hulin.cz

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 of 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 industrialize.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 2,867 —     1880 3,405 +18.8% 1890 3,663 +7.6% 1900 3,831 +4.6% 1910 4,377 +14.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 4,506 +2.9% 1930 4,931 +9.4% 1950 4,788 −2.9% 1961 6,014 +25.6% 1970 6,354 +5.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 7,649 +20.4% 1991 7,895 +3.2% 2001 7,610 −3.6% 2011 6,896 −9.4% 2021 6,320 −8.4%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

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

Church of Saint Wenceslaus

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

• Zdeněk Nehoda (born 1952), footballer and football agent
• Radek Drulák (born 1962), footballer
• Zdeněk Zlámal (born 1985), footballer; grew up here

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Hulín is twinned with:^[8]

• Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. "Historie" (in Czech). Město Hulín. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
4. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
6. "Detail stanice Hulín" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. "Kostel sv. Václava a fara" (in Czech). Město Hulín. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
8. "Družební setkání ve Zlatých Moravcích", Hulíňan (in Czech), Město Hulín, p. 12, September 2019

External links

• Official website