Březí (Břeclav District)

Březí

Březí u Mikulova
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 / 48.81944°N 16.56750°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Břeclav
First mentioned	1249
Government
• Mayor	Miroslav Vymyslický
Area
• Total	13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Elevation	191 m (627 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	1,657
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	691 81
Website	www.breziumikulova.cz

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.

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.

Census year	Homes	Population^[4]	Ethnicity of inhabitants
year	Homes	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

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

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