Břeclav District () is a

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in the

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of the

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. Its capital is the town of

Břeclav Břeclav (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. Located at the Czech-Austrian state border and near the Czech–Slovak state border, it is an important railway hub. Administrative divis ...

Administrative division

Břeclav District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Břeclav, Hustopeče and Mikulov.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bavory - '' Boleradice'' - Borkovany - Bořetice -

- Březí - Brod nad Dyjí - Brumovice - Bulhary - Diváky - Dobré Pole - Dolní Dunajovice - Dolní Věstonice - '' Drnholec'' -

Hlohovec Hlohovec (, Hungarian ''Galgóc''), is a town in southwestern Slovakia, with a population of 21,508. Name The name comes from ''*Glogovec'', the Old Slavic name for a place densely overgrown by hawthorn. The Hungarian form ''Galgóc'' was ado ...

- Horní Bojanovice - Horní Věstonice - Hrušky - Hustopeče - Jevišovka - Kašnice - Klentnice - Klobouky u Brna - Kobylí - Kostice - Křepice - Krumvíř - Kurdějov - Ladná -

Lanžhot Lanžhot () is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. Located on the border with Austria and Slovakia, it is the southernmost Moravian town. Etymology The original Latin name ...

- Lednice -

Mikulov Mikulov (; ) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,600 inhabitants. From the 16th to the 19th century, it was the cultural centre of the Jewish community of Moravia. The historic centr ...

- Milovice - '' Moravská Nová Ves'' - Moravský Žižkov - Morkůvky - Němčičky - Nikolčice - Novosedly - Nový Přerov - Pavlov - Perná -

Podivín Podivín () 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 north of Břeclav and southeast of Brno. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape ...

- Popice - Pouzdřany - Přítluky - Rakvice - Šakvice - Sedlec - Šitbořice - Starovice - Starovičky - Strachotín - Tvrdonice - Týnec - Uherčice -

Valtice Valtice (; ) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. It is known as part of Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre is ...

- Velké Bílovice - Velké Hostěrádky - '' Velké Němčice'' -

Velké Pavlovice Velké Pavlovice () is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. Geography Velké Pavlovice is located about north of Břeclav. Most of the municipal territory lies the Ždáni ...

- Vrbice - Zaječí

Geography

Břeclav District borders Austria in the south and Slovakia in the southeast. The territory of the district is predominantly lowland and belongs to the warmest areas in the country. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Lower Morava Valley (most of the territory), Mikulov Highlands (southwest),

Dyje–Svratka Valley The Dyje–Svratka Valley () is a valley and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Moravian Region. Its name is derived from the rivers Thaya (Dyje) and Svratka. Geomorphology The Dyje–Svratka Valley ...

(west), Ždánice Forest (north) and Kyjov Hills (small part in the northeast). The highest point of the district is the mountain Děvín in Pavlov with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district and entire South Moravian Region is the confluence of the Morava and Thaya rivers in

at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 17.1% of the district's area. The longest river in the area is the Morava, which forms the Czech-Slovak border. However, the most important river for the district is the

Thaya The Thaya (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Morava (river), Morava River. It flows through the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic and through Lower Austria in Austria. It is formed by the conflue ...

, which flows across the territory from northwest to south and briefly forms the Czech-Austrian border before the confluence with the Morava. The Kyjovka flows to the Thaya through the southeastern part of the district. The Svratka crosses the district in the northwest, otherwise there are no major rivers in the northern part of the district. Most of the Nové Mlýny reservoirs lie in the district and are the largest body of water of the district. On the Včelínek Stream is a system of several large ponds, including Nesyt, which belongs to the largest ponds in the country. Pálava Protected Landscape Area is a protected area that lies entirely in the district.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Břeclav District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

The D2 motorway from

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

to Czech-Slovak border, which is part of the European route E65, leads across the district.

Sights

The village of Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape was designated a

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in 1996 because of its unique mix of Baroque, Neoclassical, and neo-Gothic architecture, and its history as a cultural landscape designed intentionally by a single family. The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: * Lednice Castle *

Castle * Dolní Věstonice archaeological site * Pavlov archaeological site *Vineyard house No. 145 in Pavlov * Svatý Kopeček Hill in Mikulov with the pilgrimage chapel of St. Sebastian The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

-Pohansko (monument reservation) *

(monument reservation) * Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (monument reservation) * Pavlov (monument reservation) *

(monument zone) The most visited tourist destinations are Svatý Kopeček Hill and Lednice Castle.

Notable people

References

External links

Břeclav District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Breclav District Districts of the South Moravian Region