Březina is a municipality and village in

Mladá Boleslav District Mladá Boleslav District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Mladá Boleslav. Administrative division Mladá Boleslav District is divided into two administrative districts of municipal ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Březina consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Březina (396) *Honsob (35)

Geography

Březina is located about northeast of

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

and south of

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

. It lies in the

Jičín Uplands The Jičín Uplands () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Liberec and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Jičín Uplands are a mesoregion of the North Bohemian ...

. The highest point is on the slope of the Mužský hill at above sea level. The Jizera River forms part of the municipal border in the north. The eastern part of the municipal territory lies in the

Bohemian Paradise Bohemian Paradise () is a natural and cultural region in the Czech Republic. It is a designated protected landscape area with an area of . Bohemian Paradise is also the name of a geopark with an area of , which is the only UNESCO Global Geopark ...

Protected Landscape Area. In this area is located Žabakor Pond, the largest body of water in Bohemian Paradise with an area of . It was founded for fish farming in the 16th century and today it is an important nesting site for

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s, protected as a nature reserve.

History

The first written mention of Březina is from 1222.

Demographics

Transport

The D10 motorway (part of the

European route E65 European route E65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chania, Greece. The road is about in length. After crossing the Baltic Sea, it proceeds on land from north to south through Poland, the Czech Re ...

) from Prague to

Turnov Turnov (; ) is a town in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It is a traditional centre for gemstone polishing, glass craftsmanship and arts. The historic town centre is well preserved and ...

passes through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Březina is the Church of Saint Lawrence. It was built at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries and rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century. It is a stone church with a wooden tower floor.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brezina Villages in Mladá Boleslav District