Březno | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ústí nad Labem |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chomutov |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.4019°N 13.4214°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1281 |
Area Total Km2: | 46.10 |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1439 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 431 45 |
Březno (German: Priesen) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
The villages of Denětice, Holetice, Kopeček, Nechranice, Stranná, Střezov and Vičice are administrative parts of Březno.
Březno is located on the railway line Rakovník–Jirkov. The Březno railway tunnel was built on a reallocated train track in 2007. The tunnel is 1758m (5,768feet) long and it was the longest railway tunnel in the Czech Republic until 2018.[2]