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Zlín (zlēn), city (1991 pop. 84,522), E central Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Dřevnice River. From 1949 to 1993 it was called Gottwaldov in honor of Klement Gottwald Gottwald, Klement (klāmənt` gôt`vält), 1896–1953, Czechoslovak Communist leader, b. Moravia. ..... Click the link for more information. , Czechoslovakia's first Communist president. One of the world's largest shoe-manufacturing cities, it is the center of the Czech shoe industry, which was founded in 1913 by Thomas Bata. Under the Bata family, the city grew into an almost self-sufficient factory community. Branches of the Bata shoe company opened throughout the world. Nationalized after World War II and then privatized, the former Bata facilities are no longer associated with the Bata company. Tires and other rubber goods, machinery, and animated films are also produced in Zlín. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There will be aerobatic performances in unusual and distinctive planes, including the Czech-built Zlin 50, the Red Bull MiG-17 and the Pitts Biplane. Its '20s modernist aesthetic notwithstanding, Zlin was much more Pullman, Illinois, than Dessau. Founded in 2001, the University of Tomas Bata in Zlin is the Czech Republic's newest university. |
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