Zlin, Czech Republic
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Zlín is a city in the Zlín Region, southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme.
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Location: Zlínský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/28/2015
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The town grew rapidly after Tomáš Bata founded a shoe factory there in 1894 when the population was approximately 3,000 inhabitants. Bata's factory supplied the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I as the region was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Due to the remarkable economic growth of the company and the increasing prosperity of its workers, Bata himself was elected mayor of Zlín in 1923.
In 1929–1932, Tomas Bata set up branch offices in more than twenty countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and America. Stores and footwear factories in these countries were managed from the headquarters in Zlín. Bata employed a total of 31,000 people in 1932.
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