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From 1949 to 1989, the city was renamed Gottwaldov after the first communist president of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald. On 1 January 1990 the city's name was changed back to Zlín. Geography. Zlín is located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Brno. The Zlín agglomeration also includes the town of Otrokovice.
Klement Gottwald ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈklɛmɛnt ˈɡotvalt]; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to 1953. He was the first leader of Communist ...
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Gottwaldov was created in 1948 through a merger of several communities surrounding Zlín, a 14th-century village that had grown rapidly after World War I. The consolidated town was named for Klement Gottwald, the first communist president of Czechoslovakia. In 1990 Gottwaldov as a whole was renamed Zlín.
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Zlín was renamed Gottwaldov in 1949 after the first communist president of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald. After the Velvet revolution, Zlín regained its original name in 1990. In addition to the internationally well known shoe factory Baťa, Zlín is also famous for the animation film studios, whose works from the 1960s also became popular ...
Klement Gottwald (born Nov. 23, 1896, Dědice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died March 14, 1953, Prague, Czech.) was a Czechoslovak Communist politician and journalist, successively deputy premier (1945–46), premier (1946–48), and president (1948–53) of Czechoslovakia. The illegitimate son of a peasant, Gottwald was ...
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Nov 1, 2022 · This chapter examines the impact on Gottwaldov of political, economic and social developments in Czechoslovakia after 1968. The first part offers a short overview of the growth of the city before 1968, focusing primarily on the Baťa phenomenon and the continuity between the inter-war and socialist eras.
Před 70 lety, u příležitosti narozenin prezidenta Klementa Gottwalda, které měl 23. listopadu, padlo rozhodnutí, že Zlín bude přejmenován na Gottwaldov. Od 1. ledna 1949 tak nesl jméno prvního komunistického prezidenta, který se necelý rok před tím chopil veškeré moci v zemi. Krystal a vrchol zlínského funkcionalismu.
