Březová (german: Briesau) is a market town in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Gručovice, Jančí, Leskovec and Lesní Albrechtice are administrative parts of Březová.

History

The first written mention of Březová is from 1238. From the mid-14th century until the mid-17th century, it was a town. Since 2018, it has the status of a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

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External links

* Villages in Opava District {{MoraviaSilesia-geo-stub