Pohořelice (; german: Pohrlitz) is a town in

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District ( cs, okres Brno-venkov) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is in the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The distr ...

in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region ( cs, Jihomoravský kraj; , ; sk, Juhomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia (an exception is Jobova Lhota which trad ...

of the

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. It has about 5,300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Nová Ves and Smolín are administrative parts of Pohořelice.

Geography

Pohořelice is located about south of

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

. It lies on the

Jihlava Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava i ...

River. It is situated in the

Dyje–Svratka Valley The Dyje–Svratka Valley ( cs, Dyjsko-svratecký úval, german: Thaya-Schwarza Talsenke) is a geomorphological feature (a special type of vale) in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. History The Dyje–Svratka Valley has been a natural ...

. There are two large fish ponds 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 (german: Wilhelm II. von Pernstein or ''Wilhelm II. von Bernstein'', cs, Vilém II. z Pernštejna or ''Vilém z Pernštejna a na Helfštejně''; 1438 – 8 April 1521) was a Czech nobleman. He held the office of High Tre ...

. 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 the name of one of the oldest and most prominent Austrian noble families originating from Carinthia. The family belonged to the High Nobility, the Hochadel. The Nikolsburg (Mikulov) branch was elevated to the rank of ...

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

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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 (german: Brünner Todesmarsch) began late on the night of 30 May 1945 when the ethnic German minority in Brno (german: Brünn ) was expelled to nearby Austria following the capture o ...

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 of ...

sub-region.

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

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 ...

(1882–1940), Austrian field marshal * Věra Špinarová (1951–2017), singer

Twin towns – sister cities

Pohořelice is twinned with: *

Brezová pod Bradlom Brezová pod Bradlom (german: Birkenhain; hu, Berezó) 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 ...

, 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