Březí (Břeclav District)

Březí (until 1949 Prátlsbrun; German: Bratelsbrunn) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.

Březí Březí u Mikulova
Municipality
View towards Březí
Flag Coat of arms
Březí Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°49′10″N 16°34′3″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Břeclav
First mentioned	1249
Government
• Mayor	Miroslav Vymyslický
Area
• Total	13.09 km^2 (5.05 sq mi)
Elevation	191 m (627 ft)
Population  (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	1,657
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	691 81
Website	www.breziumikulova.cz

History

The first written mention of Březí is from 1249. The village was probably founded in the 11th or 12th century.[2]

Until 1918, Březí was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the Nikolsburg (Mikulov) District, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[3]

The post-office was opened in 1882.

Population development

Census year	Homes	Population[4]	Ethnicity of inhabitants
year		Overall	German	Czechs	other
1793	191	1,086
1836	265	1,569
1869	281	1,605
1880	283	1,702	1,695	0	7
1890	307	1,769	1,758	9	2
1900	337	1,888	1,859	20	9
1910	349	1,931	1,922	1	8
1921	356	1,726	1,636	24	66
1930	408	1,757	1,563	150	44
1939		1,663

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Březí. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
3. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
4. Historický místopis Moravy a Slezska v letech 1848–1960, vol. 9. 1984

External links

• Media related to Březí (Břeclav District) at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Czech) Official website