Široká Niva (until 1952 Bretnov; ) is a municipality and village in

Bruntál District Bruntál District () is a Okres, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Bruntál, but the most populated town is Krnov. Administrative division Bruntál District is divided into three Districts o ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Široká Niva consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Široká Niva (468) *Pocheň (22) *Skrbovice (38)

Etymology

The name literally means "wide floodplain".

Geography

Široká Niva is located about north of

Bruntál Bruntál (; ) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zon ...

and north of

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. It lies in the

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

range. The highest point is the hill Zlatý kopec at above sea level. The Opava River flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Markvartice is from 1278 and the first written mention of Bretnov is from 1420. Pocheň was established in 1668. Skrbovice was founded by the

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in 1678. In 1949, the municipalities of Markvartice, Bretnov and Skrbovice (including the hamlet of Pocheň) were merged. The new municipality was renamed to its current name Široká Niva in 1952. Today Markvartice is only a local name of a small part of Široká Niva.

Demographics

Transport

Široká Niva is located on the railway line

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– Milotice nad Opavou.

Sights

The main landmark of Široká Niva is the Church of Saint Martin. It was built in the Baroque style in 1718–1721.

Notable people

* Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781), Slovak composer * Rudolf Koppitz (1884–1936), Austrian photographer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siroka Niva Villages in Bruntál District