Horní Břečkov

Municipality in South Moravian, Czech Republic

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48°53′24″N 15°53′54″E / 48.89000°N 15.89833°E / 48.89000; 15.89833Country

Czech RepublicRegionSouth MoravianDistrictZnojmoFirst mentioned1323Area

• Total21.09 km² (8.14 sq mi)Elevation

405 m (1,329 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total266 • Density13/km² (33/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

671 02

Websitewww.hornibreckov.cz

Horní Břečkov (German: Oberfröschau) is a municipality and village in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Čížov is an administrative part of Horní Břečkov.

Geography

Horní Břečkov is located about 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Znojmo and 61 km (38 mi) southwest of Brno. It borders Austria to the south and is adjacent to the Austrian town of Hardegg.

Horní Břečkov lies in the Jevišovice Uplands. The highest point is the hill Větrník at 510 m (1,670 ft) above sea level. The western and southern municipal border is formed by the Thaya River. Most of the territory lies in the Podyjí National Park.

History

The first written mention of Horní Břečkov is in a deed of King John of Bohemia from 1323.^[2]

Allocated to newly established Czechoslovakia in 1919, Horní Břečkov was annexed by Nazi Germany upon the 1938 Munich Agreement and incorporated into Reichsgau Niederdonau. After World War II, it was returned to Czechoslovakia and the German-speaking population was expelled.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	594	—
1880	572	−3.7%
1890	619	+8.2%
1900	557	−10.0%
1910	565	+1.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	562	−0.5%
1930	607	+8.0%
1950	394	−35.1%
1961	372	−5.6%
1970	346	−7.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	309	−10.7%
1991	276	−10.7%
2001	278	+0.7%
2011	275	−1.1%
2021	252	−8.4%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Horní Břečkov is the Church of Saint Clemens. A stone with carved year 1198 indicates that this is one of the oldest churches in the region.^[2] The church has a late Gothic core, but it was completely rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century and reconstructed in the Baroque style in 1748 and 1831.^[5]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Horní Břečkov. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Znojmo" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kostel sv. Klimenta" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-11-20.