Podivín () is a town in Břeclav District in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region (; , ; ), or just South Moravia, is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. The region's capital is Brno, th ...

of the

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. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.

Geography

Podivín is located about north of

Břeclav Břeclav (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. Located at the Czech-Austrian state border and near the Czech–Slovak state border, it is an important railway hub. Administrative divis ...

and southeast 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 agricultural landscape in the Lower Morava Valley. The

Thaya The Thaya (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Morava (river), Morava River. It flows through the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic and through Lower Austria in Austria. It is formed by the conflue ...

River flows through the southern part of the municipal territory. The Trkmanka River flows along the western border and then joins the Thaya.

History

The first written mention of Podivín is in '' Chronica Boemorum'' and is related to the years 1062–1067. From the 1520s until their expulsion in 1622, the

Anabaptist Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism'; , earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re-baptizers"), considering it biased. ...

community existed in the town. The Jewish community was first documented in 1619, when there was 140 Jews.

Demographics

Transport

The D2 motorway (part of the European route E65) from

passes through the municipal territory. Podivín is located on the Brno– Staré Město railway line.

Sights

The main landmark of Podivín is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a Gothic church, rebuilt into its present form in 1791. Part of the enclosure wall of the church is the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was built in 1857 on the site of a medieval chapel. The Jewish cemetery consists of 1,000 tombs; the oldest one is from 1694. The ceremonial hall dates from the 19th century.

Notable people

* Vit Klemes (1932–2010), Czech-Canadian hydrologist * Jan Kostrhun (1942–2022), politician

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Podivin Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Břeclav District