Břeclav

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Břeclav

Total population

19,502

Coordinates48.76°, 16.88°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Břeclav is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Thaya River in the Lower Morava Valley, at the border with Austria and near the border with Slovakia. It is an important railway hub.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

F

Friedrich Kratochwil

German academic

R

Rudolf Carl

Austrian actor (1899–1987)

Wilhelm Ellenbogen

Austrian politician (1863-1951)

Barbora Seidlová

Czech actress

K

Karel Berka

Czech philosopher, logician, university teacher and writer (1923-2004)

F

Franz Josef Beranek

German university teacher and writer (1902-1967)

E

Edgar Dutka

screenwriter

Ignaz von Kuffner

Austrian Jewish industrialist and philanthropist (1822-1882)

H

Hans von Veyder-Malberg

I

Ivan Kučírek

Czech cyclist (1946–2022)

Julius Lieban

German singer and opera singer (1858–1940)

K

Karel Ptáčník

Czech bookwriter (1921–2002)

K

Karl Wimmer

Austrian politician (1908-1985)

K

Karl Wöllert

Austrian politician

Ladislav Velen Žerotína

(1579-1638)

P

Peter Kubovsky

Austrian painter (1930-2014)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Moravian

• Lednice
  4.5 mi away · pop. 2,135
• Kostice
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,838
• Týnec
  6.1 mi away · pop. 1,016
• Nejdek
  6.1 mi away · pop. 221
• Josefov
  8 mi away · pop. 376
• Nový Poddvorov
  8.4 mi away · pop. 181
• Sedlec
  8.7 mi away · pop. 806
• Starý Poddvorov
  9.3 mi away · pop. 900
• Nové Mlýny
  9.6 mi away · pop. 151
• Lužice
  10.3 mi away
• Milovice
  10.5 mi away · pop. 462
• Čejkovice
  10.5 mi away · pop. 2,564

Browse all places in South Moravian →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers