Zlín
Sign in to saveZlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after World War I. A large part of Zlín is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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Zlín is a city in the Czech Republic with about 75,000 residents that serves as the administrative center of the Zlín Region. It is historically significant as an industrial hub shaped by the Bata Shoes company's development and social programs after World War I, with much of its urban design and architecture now protected as a monument zone.
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- Administrative division
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- 14th–16th centuries
- 17th–19th centuries
- 20th century
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Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after World War I. A large part of Zlín is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected as an urban monument zone.
==Administrative division== Zlín consists of 16 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Zlín (48,317) Prštné (3,345) Louky (1,027) Mladcová (2,525) Příluky (2,931) Jaroslavice (822) Kudlov (2,195) Malenovice (7,156) Chlum (144) Klečůvka (332) Kostelec (1,909) Lhotka (235) Lužkovice (634) Salaš (195) Štípa (1,798) Velíková (613)