Uherské Hradiště District

Uherské Hradiště District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Uherské Hradiště and Uherský Brod.

Uherské Hradiště District borders Slovakia in the southeast. The terrain is very varied. A lowland runs through the centre of the territory, which is surrounded by highlands and mountains. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Vizovice Highlands (most of the territory), White Carpathians (southeast), Lower Morava Valley (a strip from southwest to north), Kyjov Hills (a strip from west to north) and Chřiby (northwest). The highest point of the district is the mountain Velká Javořina in Strání with an elevation of 970 m (3,180 ft). The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Nová Morava Channel of the Morava River in Uherský Ostroh at 169 m (554 ft).

From the total district area of 991.1 km² (382.7 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 566.3 km² (218.6 sq mi), forests occupy 302.7 km² (116.9 sq mi), and water area occupies 17.3 km² (6.7 sq mi). Forests cover 30.5% of the district's area.^[1]

The main river of the district is the Morava, which flows across the district from north to south. Apart from several artificial lakes, created by the flooding of gravel quarries, and a few oxbow lakes of the Morava River, there are almost no bodies of water.

Bílé Karpaty is a protected landscape area that covers the southeastern part of the district.

The largest employers with headquarters in Uherské Hradiště District and at least 500 employees are:^[5]

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/50 (part of the European route E50) from Brno to Trenčín.

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

• A set of monuments of the Great Moravian residential agglomeration in Staré Město – Uherské Hradiště – Modrá
• Gord of Saint Clement in Osvětimany
• Buchlov Castle
• Buchlovice Castle
• Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:^[7]

• Veletiny-Stará Hora (monument reservation)
• Vlčnov-Kojiny (monument reservation)
• Uherské Hradiště
• Uherský Brod
• Uherský Ostroh

Five of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Zlín Region are located in Uherské Hradiště District. The most visited tourist destinations are Aquapark Uherské Hradiště, the amusement park Kovozoo in Staré Město, the basilica in Velehrad, the ichthyological and botanical exhibition Živá voda in Modrá, and Archeoskanzen Modrá.^[8]