| Široká Niva | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bruntál |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.0675°N 17.4853°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1420 |
| Area Total Km2: | 37.29 |
| Elevation M: | 368 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 550 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 793 16 |
Široká Niva (until 1952 Bretnov; German: Breitenau) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
The villages of Pocheň and Skrbovice are administrative parts of Široká Niva.
The name literally means "wide floodplain".
Široká Niva is located about 8km (05miles) north of Bruntál and 54km (34miles) north of Olomouc. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is the hill Zlatý kopec at 693m (2,274feet) above sea level. The Opava River flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Markvartice is from 1278 and the first written mention of Bretnov is from 1420. Pocheň was established in 1668. Skrbovice was founded by the Teutonic Order in 1678. In 1949, the municipalities of Markvartice, Bretnov and Skrbovice (including the hamlet of Pocheň) were merged. The new municipality was renamed to its current name Široká Niva in 1952. Today Markvartice is only a local name of a small part of Široká Niva.[2]
Široká Niva is located on the railway line Vrbno pod Pradědem–Milotice nad Opavou.
The main landmark of Široká Niva is the Church of Saint Martin. It was built in the Baroque style in 1718–1721.[3]