Břeclav - Břeclav

Břeclav Castle
Břeclav - Lundenburg
KrajJihomoravský kraj (South Moravia region)
Residents
24.743 (2020)
height
158 m
Tourist info webhttp://www.breclav.org
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Břeclav

Břeclav (German: Lundenburg) is a city and an important rail hub in the South Moravia region, at the border triangle of the Czech RepublicAustria-Slovakia not far from the mouth of the Thaya and the March.

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The Thaya (Dyje) flows through Břeclav and flows into the March a few kilometers southeast.

Districts: Břeclav (Lundenburg), Poštorná (Unter-Themau) and Charvátská Nová Ves.

Name: Many Czechs also have difficulty pronouncing the ř in the city name correctly.

getting there

By plane

Closest airports are the Brno AirportBrno Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBrno Airport (Q17526) in the Wikidata database(IATA: BRK), the Bratislava airportBratislava Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBratislava Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBratislava Airport (Q828379) in the Wikidata database(IATA: BTS) and the Airport Wien-SchwechatWebsite of this institutionVienna International Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaVienna International Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryVienna International Airport (Q32999) in the Wikidata database(IATA: VIE).

By train

railway station

Břeclav is an important railway junction in the region and a stopping point for international express and night trains, among others. Prague, Brno , Bratislava, Budapest, Vienna (Central Station), Warsaw, Krakow, Berlin and Budapest. Břeclav is the border station of the railway lines to Austria and Slovakia.

Břeclav is the terminus of regional trains in the greater Vienna area. These travel from the south of Vienna (mostly Wiener Neustadt or Payerbach-Reichenau) via the S-Bahn main line (Meidling, Hauptbahnhof below, Landstrasse, Praterstern, Floridsdorf) with, among others, Stop in Gänserndorf, Angern an der March and Hohenau an der March.

Břeclav is the end point of regional railway lines Znojmo and Lednice-Valtice.

By bus

In the street

Distances
Brno (Brno)60 km
Bratislava82 km
Vienna86 km
Trnava (Tyrnau)87 km
Zlín90 km
Trenčín120 km
Olomouc (Olomouc)130 km
Ostrava (Moravian Ostrau)220 km
Praha (Prague)259 km
  • Exit 48, Břeclav, the HighwayD2 (Brno-Bratislava) is located a few kilometers northeast of the city.
  • From Vienna: Highway A5Nord / Weinviertel Autobahn, Exit Großkrut; continue about the B47 Lundenburger Bundesstraße via the former Reintal border crossing, then via the Czech highway 55 to Břeclav.
  • From Zlín, Ostrava and Katowice via the Czech trunk road 55.
  • From Mikulov (Nikolsburg) via the Czech trunk road 40

By bicycle

Břeclav is only a few kilometers away from the national bike paths along the March, the Thaya and the Amber Road.

mobility

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Tourist Attractions

Churches in Břeclav
Parish Church of Poštorná
  • lock. From the 16th century, converted into an artificial ruin in the neo-Gothic style in the 19th century.
  • Parish Church of Poštorná. (1895–1898).
  • Wenceslas Church. Modern Church (1992–1995).
  • synagogue. Neo-Romanesque style, architect Max Fleischer, without religious use since World War II. Today in the building there are city ​​Museum and the Art gallery.
  • Jewish Cemetery. i.a. tomb of the Kuffner family, 1899).
  • high school
  • Apollo temple. Pavilion with viewing terrace - architect Joseph Kornhäusel (1817–1819) - on the western boundary of the municipality on the hill of the mill pond (Mlýnský rybník, also Apollo pond). Reconstructed ancient Greek temple and part of the Unesco World Heritage complex Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape.
  • railway station. The reception building still exudes the charm of the KuK Northern Railway from 1900.

activities

  • Sports complex Tereza: Ice rink, soccer fields, swimming pool and outdoor pool
  • HC LVI Břeclav plays in the second Czech ice hockey league.

shop

  • Big mall. With Tesco hypermarket near the motorway entrance.

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

Main post office in the city center
  • Main post office in the city center

trips

  • Alluvial landscape at the mouth of the Thaya-March
  • Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape (UNESCO world heritage)
  • Mikulov (Nikolsburg) - Baroque old town and castle
  • Brno
  • Zlín - City of the Baťa shoe company. Ján Baťa built a modern shoe factory in this city in the 1930s, including houses and cultural facilities for the workers. The city is considered an outstanding example of Czech modern architecture and urban planning.
  • Weinviertel and Záhorie (WestSlovakia).

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