| Hulín | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zlín |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kroměříž |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.3167°N 17.4639°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jaromír Žůrek |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1224 |
| Area Total Km2: | 32.12 |
| Elevation M: | 191 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 6491 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 768 24 |
Hulín (in Czech pronounced as /ˈɦuliːn/; German: Hullein) is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants.
The villages of Chrášťany and Záhlinice are administrative parts of Hulín.
Hulín is located about 5km (03miles) east of Kroměříž and 16km (10miles) northwest of Zlín. It lies in a flat landscape of the Upper Morava Valley. The Rusava and Mojena streams flow through the town. The Rusava flows into the Morava River, which forms part of the southern municipal border. There is a system of several fishponds south of the town.
The first written mention of Hulín is from 1224, when the visit of King Ottokar I was documented. In 1261, the village was donated to the church by King Ottokar II of Bohemia as acknowledgement to bishop Bruno von Schauenburg for his services. Shortly after, Hulín was promoted to a town. At the end of the 13th century, a local small fortress was rebuilt to a bigger castle and the town centre was fortified with walls and a moat.[2]
The local population subsisted mainly on agriculture. The breeding of cattle was significant. In the 1840s, the railway was built and the town slowly began to industrialize.[2]
The town is surrounded by motorways on two sides. The intersection of the D1 and D55 motorways is located in the northern part of the territory.
Hulín is a railway junction. The town is located on the lines Prague–Luhačovice, Brno–Olomouc and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm–Kojetín.[3]
SK Spartak Hulín is a football club which played in the Moravian–Silesian Football League (third tier of Czech football system). After relegation in 2019 the club suspended its activities and since the 2020–21 season it plays in lower amateur tiers.
The main landmark of Hulín is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was founded in the early 13th century. The originally Romanesque church was rebuilt into its present form after a fire in 1747.[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Hulín is twinned with:
Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia