Březová is a municipality and village in
Zlín District
Zlín District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Zlín.
Administrative division
Zlín District is divided into five Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence ...
in the
Zlín Region
Zlín Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Březová lies on the
Dřevnice
The Dřevnice is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava River. It flows through the Zlín Region. It is long.
Etymology
The name of the river has its root in the Czech word ''dřevo'' (i.e. 'wood'). The name is derived fro ...
river, approximately east of
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...
and east of
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
.
Demographics
Notable people
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František Čuba
František Čuba (23 January 1936, in Březová – 28 June 2019) was a Czech politician and businessman who served as a Senator. Prior to his political career he was the head of JZD Slušovice, a successful agricultural cooperative in Czechoslo ...
(1936–2019), agronomist and politician
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Villages in Zlín District
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