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| name                    = Mutěnice
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = [[Obec|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Mutěnice, centrum.jpg
| image_caption           = Centre of Mutěnice
| image_flag              = Mutěnice flag HO CZ.jpg
| image_shield            = Mutěnice CoA HO CZ.jpg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Moravian Region|South Moravian]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Hodonín District|Hodonín]]
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| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1367
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| area_total_km2          = 32.36
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| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 183
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| population_as_of        = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| population_total        = 3770
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 696 11
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| website                 = {{URL|https://mutenice.cz/}}
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'''Mutěnice''' is a municipality and village in [[Hodonín District]] in the [[South Moravian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. It is known for wine-growing and wine-making.
==Geography==
Mutěnice is located about {{convert|8|km|0}} northwest of [[Hodonín]] and {{convert|43|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Brno]]. It lies mostly in the [[Kyjov Hills]], only the eastern part of the municipal territory lies in the [[Lower Morava Valley]]. The highest point is the hill Vyšicko at {{convert|267|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The [[Kyjovka]] River flows through the eastern part of the municipality and supplies a system of fishponds there.
==History==
The village of Mutěnice was probably founded by external colonization of the area by the [[Knights Templar]], who owned the area in the 13th century. From 1312, the area of Mutěnice and neighbouring [[Čejkovice (Hodonín District)|Čejkovice]] belonged to [[Knights Hospitaller]].<ref name=hist1>{{cite web |title=Historie obce|url=http://mutenice.cz/historie-obce/|publisher=Obec Mutěnice|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref> The order built a [[commandery]] in the area, first mentioned in 1349.<ref name=hist2>{{cite web |title=Historie farnosti|url=http://farnostmutenice.cz/farni-kostel-sv-kateriny/historie/|publisher=Mutěnice Roman Catholic Parish|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref> The first written mention of Mutěnice is from 1367.<ref name=hist1/>
Between 1537 and 1594, Mutěnice was owned by Lords of Lipá. From that time is documented existence of a fortress here. Lords of Lipá sold it to the [[Salm family]], who soon sold it and the village further often changed owners.<ref name=hist1/> Between 1565 and 1605, a community of [[Anabaptism|Anabatists]] settled here. The village was devastated by the [[Thirty Years' War]]. The population has declined to a quarter.<ref name=hist2/>
==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|1883
|1880|2072
|1890|2151
|1900|2316
|1910|2482
|1921|2702
|1930|2747
|1950|3156
|1961|3644
|1970|3615
|1980|3547
|1991|3499
|2001|3669
|2011|3582
|2021|3529
|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Economy==
Mutěnice is known for [[viticulture]]. The municipality is the largest in the [[Czech wine#Moravia|Slovácká]] wine sub-region.<ref name=kzn>{{cite web |title=Mutěnice|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/kam-pojedete/jizni-morava/slovacko/mutenice|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
==Transport==
Mutěnice is located on the railway line [[Hodonín]]–[[Zaječí]]. Trains run here only on weekends.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Mutěnice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/mutenice/5435145|publisher=[[České dráhy]]|language=cs|access-date=2024-06-03}}</ref>
==Sights==
[[File:Mutěnice, kostel.jpg|thumb|Church of Saint Catherine]]
The most significant monument is the Church of Saint Catherine. It was built in the Baroque style in 1769–1775 by order of Empress [[Maria Theresa]] on the site of a former desolated chapel. The current appearance of the church is after the reconstructions in the 20th century.<ref name=sights>{{cite web |title=Památky a zajímavosti v okolí|url=http://mutenice.cz/pamatky-zajimavosti-v-okoli/|publisher=Obec Mutěnice|language=cs|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
Mutěnice is known for ''búdy'', which are above-ground wine cellars and presses of folk architecture. There is about 550 of these buildings. The oldest are from the early 18th century.<ref name=kzn/><ref name=sights/>
The neo-Renaissance municipal office was built 1896.<ref name=hist1/>
==Notable people==
*[[Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk]] (1850–1937), politician and first Czechoslovak president; lived here in 1852–1853
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mutěnice}}
{{wikivoyage|Mutěnice Wine Region}}
*{{official|https://mutenice.cz/}}
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