- Land Area: 1745 ha
- Population: 3,413
- Altitude: 181 asml
This large local village consists of three parts: the village itself with a part called On the Hill; the Colony, which got its name in the 19th century from the colony of houses for employees of the local sugar refinery; and Soboňky, created only in 1826 and connected to the village in 1960. You will find the village about five kilometers north of Hodonín. On one side it is surrounded by the Morava river; on the other side there is the forest complex of Doubrava. It was inhabited as early as in the prehistoric times; at the latest, during the Stone Age. The first written mention of the village is a list from the year 1270, where the name of its owner, Tvrdek of Rohatec (de Rohaz) is written. Stimulation of settlement was probably caused by business connections to Moravia and upper Hungary by boat across the Morava River, as evidenced by the ancient ferry – „pas rohatecký „. Somewhere in these places there used to be a fortress in the distant past. And from these roots, Rohatec also developed. From the river bends with their many sandy outposts, so called horns, Rohatec also probably acquired its unusual name. Residents were engaged in fishing, hunting, crayfi sh and farming.
In 1368 the village fell to the estate of Strážnice of which it remained a part until 1848. In the 15th century it burnt down a couple of times and also in the 17th century, when it was invaded by „bočkajovci“ and as a consequence of the Thirty Years‘ War. Further development continues only in the second half of the 19th century, especially after the construction of the above-mentioned sugar factory in the Colony, one of the fi rst in Moravia. In early 20th century a factory for sweets, well known Maryša, came in to being. In 1986 Rohatec lost its autonomy and was attached to the town Hodonín, but only for a short period of time - four years later it was separated again.
Folk art is manifested in such activities as the decorating of Easter eggs.. There is also an active children‘s folklore ensemble and male and mixed choir.
You can invite the visitor to taste the wines during the Easter holidays or for the children‘ s folklore festival, which takes place usually in May. It would be impossible to skip the traditional folk costume Feast of Bartholomew, held in August-- which is followed a week later by Hodky.
You can find a small local museum here, the interesting church of St. Bartholomew from the year 1911 and the same saint holy chapel - the original Gothic church presbytery. It is worth seeing the Old Crucifix.
The surroundings of Rohatec are also beautiful. An important element of natural resources is an uncontrolled stretch of Morava river, which is navigable with small vessels or cruise boats. In the village there terminates Baťa´s floating channel, which was built up in the 1930s of the last century by entrepreneurs Tomas and then Jan Baťa to transport coal to their factories in Zlínsko. On the land register we can also find the Natural monument of Vate pisky and the Nature Park Strážnické Pomoraví. The Forest Doubrava is a paradise for mushroom pickers. In its region of Roztrhánky there is found a special form of yellowish mushroom, which is currently known in only two places in the world.
