Slušovice (; ) is a town in

Zlín District Zlín District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Zlín. Administrative division Zlín District is divided into five Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence ...

in the

Zlín Region Zlín Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.

Geography

Slušovice is located about east of

Zlín 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 ...

. It lies in the

Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions. It is named after the town of Vizovice. Geomorphology The Vizovice Highlands are a mesoregi ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The town is situated on the

Dřevnice The Dřevnice is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava River. It flows through the Zlín Region. It is long. Etymology The name of the river has its root in the Czech word ''dřevo'' (i.e. 'wood'). The name is derived fro ...

River. The Slušovice Reservoir, named after the town, is located outside the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Slušovice is from 1261. It obtained

town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...

in 1375. The town was known throughout the former

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

for being the site of an unusually successful and productive socialist collective farm

JZD Slušovice JZD Slušovice, later renamed Društevní agrokombinát Slušovice and Zemědělské obchodní družstvo FORUM was a unified agricultural cooperative in Slušovice in Czechoslovakia, which became famous for its success as a "socialist miracle". Af ...

. With time, technological developments allowed for the manufacture of computers in the town's industrial complex. These computers were sold under the Slušovice brand, priced at 40,000 USD at the official exchange rate or 5,000 USD on the black market. As a result, the town became a showcase of Czechoslovakia's planned economy. With the fall of

communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...

in the

Eastern Bloc The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, the Workers Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were a ...

, much of the industry in the town fell into decline. In 1996, Slušovice was returned town status.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Slušovice is the Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in 1812–1815.

Notable people

František Čuba František Čuba (23 January 1936, in Březová – 28 June 2019) was a Czech politician and businessman who served as a Senator. Prior to his political career he was the head of JZD Slušovice, a successful agricultural cooperative in Czechoslo ...

(1936–2019), agronomist and politician; president of JZD Slušovice

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slusovice Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Zlín District Moravian Wallachia