Pohořelice (; ) is a town in

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highes ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 6,100 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Pohořelice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Pohořelice (4,628) *Nová Ves (351) *Smolín (282)

Geography

Pohořelice is located about south of

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 ...

. It lies in a flat landscape of the

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 ...

. The

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

River flows through the town. There are two large fishponds in the municipal territory: Vrkoč and Starý. They are among the largest ponds in Moravia. The largest Moravian pond, Novoveský, is located near Nová Ves just across the municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Pohořelice is from 1222. It was a royal town until 1512, when it was acquired by

Vilém II of Pernštejn Vilém II of Pernštejn ( or ''Wilhelm II. von Bernstein'', or ''Vilém z Pernštejna a na Helfštejně''; 1438 – 8 April 1521) was a Czech nobleman. He held the office of High Treasurer of Moravia from 1474 to 1487. He was High Marshall of B ...

. He and his descendants focused on the economic development of the town and they began to establish ponds. Pohořelice became a centre of grain growing, viticulture and fish farming. In the 18th century, the Pohořelice estate was owned by the

Dietrichstein family The House of Dietrichstein was one of the oldest and most prominent Austrian noble families originating in the Duchy of Carinthia. The family belonged to the high nobility (German: ''Hochadel''). The Nikolsburg branch was elevated to the rank o ...

. The town experienced construction development, especially thanks to the construction of the road from Brno to

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

in 1727. After World War II, there was an internment camp in the town for ethnic Germans, as a part of the

Brno death march The Brno death marchRozumět dějinám, Zdeněk Beneš, p. 208 () began late on the night of 30 May 1945 when the ethnic German minority in Brno ( ) was forcibly deported to nearby Austria following the capture of the city by the Allies during Wo ...

Demographics

Economy

Viticulture has a long tradition here. Pohořelice lies in the

Mikulovská wine Mikulovská is one of four Czech wine regions within southern Moravia, Czech Republic. The Mikulovská wine region, containing 30 wine villages, is famed for producing white wines grown in the limestone soils, particularly in and around the area o ...

sub-region.

Transport

The D52 motorway, which further continues as the I/52 road (part of the

European route E461 E 461 is a European B class road in Czech Republic and Austria, connecting the cities Svitavy, Brno, and Vienna. Route * ** Svitavy ** E50, E65, E462 Brno * ** E49, E58, E59, E60 Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, ca ...

from Brno to the Czech-Austrian border in

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 ...

), passes through the town.

Sights

The landmark of Pohořelice is the Church of Saint James the Great. It is a three-nave Gothic church, which was gradually built from 1290 to 1580. Renaissance modifications were made in 1668. A baroque monument is the Paar's Manor House in the centre of the town. it was built at the end of the 17th century. Today the building belongs to the school complex. Leopoldsruhe is a Baroque hunting manor house, built for Leopold of Dietrichstein in 1747. It is an architecturally valuable monument.

Notable people

Berthold Feiwel Berthold Feiwel (15 August 1875 – 29 December 1937) was an Austrian-Jewish writer, translator, journalist and Zionist politician. Life Berthold Feiwel, son of Josef and Charlotte (née Schnabel) Feiwel, attended school in Brno and studied la ...

(1875–1937), Austrian-Jewish writer, journalist and Zionist politician *

Eugen Beyer Eugen Beyer (18 February 1882 in Pohrlitz (Moravia) – 25 July 1940 in Salzburg) was an Austrian Feldmarschalleutnant in the 1930s and Wehrmacht General of the Infantry during the early years of the Second World War. From 1935 to 1938, Beyer was ...

(1882–1940), Austrian field marshal *

Věra Špinarová Věra Špinarová (22 December 1951 – 26 March 2017) was a Czech singer with an alto voice. She was born in Pohořelice, near Brno, Czechoslovakia, and moved to the Czech city of Ostrava with her parents at the age of seven. She learned to play ...

(1951–2017), singer

Twin towns – sister cities

Pohořelice is twinned with: *

Brezová pod Bradlom Brezová pod Bradlom (; ) is a town in the Myjava District, Trenčín Region, western Slovakia, at the western foothills of the Little Carpathians, in the Myjavské Kopanice region. History The territory of Brezová pod Bradlom appears for the f ...

, Slovakia * Poraj, Poland

Gallery

Pohořelice - kostel svatého Jakuba Staršího, obr1.jpg, Church of Saint James the Great Hotel Pfann Pohořelice.jpg, Former Hotel Pfann Pohořelice cemetery 02.JPG, Jewish cemetery

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pohorelice Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Brno-Country District