Breclav

Pogansko castle ( cs: Pohansko (zámek) ) on the site of an ancient Slavic settlement was built at the beginning of the 11th century by the Czech prince Bregetislav I , on whose behalf the name of the city takes place. In the third quarter of the 13th century, the castle, which became the dowry of the wife of Przemysl I of Constance of Hungary in the first half of the same century, was rebuilt into a massive Romanesque fortress.

The castle often changed owners, in the years 1426-1434 belonged to the insurgent Hussites . After the Hussite wars , a settlement appeared around the castle, which in the 20s of the 16th century was bought by influential Zherotins , who rebuilt the castle in the Renaissance style .

At the beginning of the 17th century, the Bzhelslav possessions of Zherotinov were confiscated, as Ladislav Velen from Zherotin, the owner of the city, supported the uprising against the Habsburgs that began in 1618 in Moravia.

Breclav was almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years War ; the population declined by 20%.

In 1638, Břeclav was bought by the Liechtenstein , who also rebuilt the castle, which completely lost its military functions.

As a result of the flood in 1845, the city ​​was flooded due to the incorrect design of the railway embankment. This was taken into account in the subsequent design of railway facilities.

In 1872, Breclav was given the status of a city by imperial decree, due to the boom that began after the railway in the first quarter of the 19th century. Soon it became the most important railway junction, the development of industry began. The population of the city was growing rapidly: in 1872 there were 5 853 inhabitants in the city, and in 1880 - 7 130 people.

In 1918, the city became part of Czechoslovakia . In 1920, the lands around the city of Valtice , previously owned by Austria, were also attached to it.

After the Munich agreement of 1938, the city became part of Germany despite the fact that the majority of the inhabitants of the city were Czechs (according to the 1930 census, out of 13,689 people living in the city, 11,220 were Czechs, 1,582 were Germans , and about 4.3% Jewish nationality ). April 15-17, 1945 the city was liberated by Soviet troops. The German population of the city was deported in accordance with Benes decrees , the Jewish community disappeared during the war .

In 1974 and 1976, the villages of Poshtorn, Harvatsk-Nova Ves (until 1920 they were part of Austria) and Ladna, which again became an independent settlement in 2006, were annexed to the city.

In 2009, out of 25,664 people, 48.62% were men and 51.38% were women.

• Breclavian castle of the XVI century; in the XIX century it was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style ;
• Church of St. Wenceslas , destroyed in 1944, rebuilt in 1995;
• Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius , built in 1853-1856 in memory of the recovery of the Prince of Liechtenstein ;
• Chapel of St. Roch ;
• Chapel of the Resurrection (1875);
• The ancient settlement of Pogansko (Pogansko near Breclav) is a Slavic ancient settlement of the 9th century ^[1] . Nearby is the Pogansko hunting castle, built in the Empire style in 1812.

Not far from the city is the cultural landscape of Lednice-Valtice , protected by UNESCO .

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  Dieu River in Breclav

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  The modern church of St. Wenceslas in Breclav

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  The interior of the church of St. Wenceslas

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  Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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  Parish Priest House Near Visiting Church

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  Chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius

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  Chapel of St. Rocha

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  Chapel of the Resurrection

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  Former synagogue

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  The interior of the synagogue

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  Jewish cemetery

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  The ceremonial hall in the Jewish cemetery

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  Settlement Pogansko

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  Hunting Castle Pogansko

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  Railway station in the urban part of Poshtorn

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