Rohatec

Rohatec is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants.

Geography
Rohatec is located about 6 km northeast of Hodonín and 53 km southeast of Brno, on the border with Slovakia. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley. The village is situated on the right bank of the Morava River.

History
The first written mention of Rohatec is in a deed of King Ottokar II from 1270. From 1368 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, Rohatec belonged to the Strážnice estate.

Transport
The I/55 road from Olomouc to Břeclav passes through the municipality.

Rohatec is located on the railway lines Přerov–Břeclav and Hodonín–Velká nad Veličkou.

Sights
The most valuable monument is a chapel that is the chancel of the original Gothic church. It dates from around 1300.

After the old church was demolished in 1903, the Church of Saint Bartholomew was built in 1911, designed by the architect Vladimír Fischer. It is the main landmark of Rohatec.

Notable people

 * Zdeněk Škromach (born 1956), politician; lives here
 * Jakub Kornfeil (born 1993), motorcycle racer; lives here