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
Municipality
View towards Březí
Flag Coat of arms
Březí Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°49′10″N 16°34′3″E / 48.81944°N 16.56750°E / 48.81944; 16.56750Coordinates: 48°49′10″N 16°34′3″E / 48.81944°N 16.56750°E / 48.81944; 16.56750
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  (2022-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,696
• Density	130/km^2 (340/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]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,606 —     1880 1,702 +6.0% 1890 1,769 +3.9% 1900 1,888 +6.7% 1910 1,931 +2.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,726 −10.6% 1930 1,757 +1.8% 1950 1,208 −31.2% 1961 1,282 +6.1% 1970 1,202 −6.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 1,289 +7.2% 1991 1,523 +18.2% 2001 1,539 +1.1% 2011 1,492 −3.1% 2021 1,626 +9.0%
Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
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 lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Břeclav" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

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