Zlín - Zlín (English spelling)

Japanese: ズリーン - ずりーん(英語表記)Zlín
Zlín - Zlín (English spelling)

An industrial city in the southeastern part of the Moravia region of the Czech Republic. Population 81,459 (2001). From 1949 to 1990, it was called Gottwaldov, after the former president of Czechoslovakia. It is known for a shoe factory established in 1894 by Tomáš Bat'a (1876-1932). During the interwar period, Bat'a introduced mass production methods using unskilled labor, modeled on the United States, and provided his employees with modern housing for workers. It is still the world's largest shoe manufacturer. Industries of rubber, precision machinery, leather, and plastics are thriving. There is a museum on the history of shoe production. An international children's film festival is also held every May.

[Mizuho Nakata]

[References] | Moravia

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

チェコのモラビア地方南東部の工業都市。人口8万1459(2001)。1949年から90年までは、旧チェコスロバキア時代の大統領の名にちなんでゴットワルドフGottwaldovとよばれていた。バチャTomáš Bat'a(1876―1932)が1894年に始めた製靴工場で知られる。バチャは両世界大戦間期にアメリカをモデルに非熟練労働力を用いた大量生産方式を導入し、従業員に近代的な労働者住宅街を提供した。現在も世界最大規模の靴生産を誇る。ゴム、精密機械、皮革、プラスチックの各工業が盛んである。靴生産の歴史に関する博物館がある。また、毎年5月には国際児童映画祭が行われる。

[中田瑞穂]

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