Podivín

Podivín
Town
Town hall and Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Flag Coat of arms
Podivín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°49′32″N 16°50′54″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Břeclav
First mentioned	1062
Government
• Mayor	Martin Důbrava
Area
• Total	17.75 km^2 (6.85 sq mi)
Elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	2,929
• Density	170/km^2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	691 45
Website	www.podivin.cz

Podivín (German: Kostel) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.

Geography

Podivín is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Břeclav and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Brno. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Lower Morava Valley. The Thaya River flows through the southern part of the municipal territory. The Trkmanka River flows along the western border and then joins the Thaya.

History

The first written mention of Podivín is in Chronica Boemorum and is related to the years 1062–1067. From the 1520s until their expulsion in 1622, the Anabaptist community existed in the town. The Jewish community was first documented in 1619, when there was 140 Jews.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 2,225 —     1880 2,590 +16.4% 1890 2,517 −2.8% 1900 2,750 +9.3% 1910 2,848 +3.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,809 −1.4% 1930 2,549 −9.3% 1950 2,404 −5.7% 1961 2,675 +11.3% 1970 2,701 +1.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 2,849 +5.5% 1991 2,848 −0.0% 2001 2,887 +1.4% 2011 2,874 −0.5% 2021 2,887 +0.5%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

The D2 motorway (part of the European route E65) from Brno to Břeclav passes through the municipal territory.

Podivín is located on the Brno–Staré Město railway line.[5]

Sights

The main landmark of Podivín is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a Gothic church, rebuilt into its present form in 1791.[6] Part of the enclosure wall of the church is the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was built in 1857 on the site of a medieval chapel.[7]

The Jewish cemetery consists of 1,000 tombs; the oldest one is from 1694. The ceremonial hall dates from the 19th century.[8]

Notable people

• Vit Klemes (1932–2010), Czech-Canadian hydrologist
• Jan Kostrhun (1942–2022), politician

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie a památky města" (in Czech). Město Podivín. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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. "Detail stanice Podivín" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
6. "Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
7. "Kaple sv. Cyrila a Metoděje" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
8. "Židovský hřbitov" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

External links

• Official website