Horní Břečkov

Horní Břečkov
Municipality
Church of Saint Clemens
Flag Coat of arms
Horní Břečkov Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°53′24″N 15°53′54″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Znojmo
First mentioned	1323
Area
• Total	21.09 km^2 (8.14 sq mi)
Elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	261
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	671 02
Website	www.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

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Horní Břečkov. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Kostel sv. Klimenta" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-11-20.

External links

• Official website