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Baťa Canal

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The Baťa Canal (locally called "Baťák") is a historic waterway located near Luhačovice and the regional capital Zlín in Moravia. Visitors staying in Luhačovice can easily combine their spa holiday with boat trips on the canal, exploring surrounding towns and landmarks without traveling far.



You can combine your holiday in Luhačovice with trips to surrounding towns and monuments. The spa town lies near the regional capital Zlín. In the vicinity, you’ll find the famous Moravian Baťa Canal, known as Baťák. If you want to spend at least a few hours on a boat, you don’t need to travel far. You have this opportunity right here, and it can be perfectly combined with cycling around the area.

Currently, the Baťa Canal is a 53-kilometre waterway that you can use for recreational cruising from Otrokovice to Skalica. However, cruising also takes place on separate river sections Kroměříž – Otrokovice and Rohatec – Hodonín. You can rent a small motorboat that you pilot yourself and cruise according to your wishes. Those who prefer to be comfortably guided can choose from regular cruises on larger excursion boats. Houseboats are a very popular cruising option, where visitors can combine sailing on the Baťa Canal with exploring monuments in the nearby area. This historic waterway has thirteen functional navigation locks. The Baťa Canal was originally intended for transporting lignite from Ratíškovice to the Otrokovice power plant and is 50 km long, of which 26 km runs along the riverbed of the Morava River and the remainder through an artificial canal.

History

 

Construction began on 16 October 1934. All work was completed in 1938. During construction, the budget had to be increased, partly due to floods that damaged the still unfinished structure. Organisationally, it was a very complex construction project – the Moravian Land agreed with the Baťa company that the land would provide projects and realisation of earthworks and concrete structures, whilst the Baťa company would provide projects and delivery of all metal structures for navigation locks, bridges and weirs.

The first major repairs were necessary after the Second World War. The retreating German army destroyed all bridges, sank boats and damaged weirs. The war severely affected the Otrokovice – Rohatec waterway. The damage exceeded 10 million crowns. Repairs began in 1946 and continued into 1947. Even then, there was talk of connecting the waterway to Zlín, with the canal to be supplied with water from the planned Slušovice Dam.

Present Day

 

Today, almost the entire waterway has been repaired. Visitors can use 8 harbours and 16 moorings. Thanks to the construction of the Slovak harbour Skalica, the Baťa Canal has become an international waterway. The waterway partially runs along the Morava River, otherwise through artificially excavated canals with a series of movable weirs, navigation locks and other water structures. There are 23 bridges along the route. Underpasses were created beneath the bridges. The route featured a number of unique technical creations, such as a cable car for pulling boats across. A typical Baťa-style house for operators was built at each navigation lock.

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