Lutín


Lutín is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants.
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Administrative division

Lutín consists of two municipal parts :
  • Lutín
  • Třebčín

Geography

Lutín is located about southwest of Olomouc. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Upper Morava Valley.

History

The first written mention of Lutín is from 1234. Třebčín was first mentioned in 1131. Until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, Lutín was continuously a property of the bishopric and later archbishopric in Olomouc.

Economy

Lutín has a tradition of pumpmaking industry. A pumpmaking manufacture was founded here by Ludvík Sigmund in 1868 and later became the biggest producer of pumps in the country. Since 1965, the company has been known as Sigma Lutín. In 1966, the company became a sponsor of the club SK Sigma Olomouc.

Transport

The village of Třebčín is located on the railway line Prostějov–Červenka.

Sights

There are two protected cultural monuments in the municipality: a late Baroque statue of an angel from the 1730s and the Chapel of Saint Florian from the beginning of the 19th century.