| Tvrdonice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Moravian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Břeclav |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 48.7606°N 16.9944°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1264 |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.20 |
| Elevation M: | 176 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2088 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 691 53 |
Tvrdonice (German: Turnitz) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Tvrdonice is located about 8km (05miles) northeast of Břeclav and 55km (34miles) southeast of Brno, on the border with Slovakia. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley. The municipality is crossed by the Kyjovka river. The Czech-Slovak border is formed here by the Morava River.
The first written mention of Tvrdonice is from 1264. In 1538, the village was promoted to a market town, but it later lost the title.[2]
Tvrdonice is known for viticulture. It lies in the Slovácká wine subregion.
The D2 motorway (part of the European route E65) from Brno to the Czech-Slovak border in Lanžhot passes along the western municipal border.
The only protected cultural monument in Tvrdonice are a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from the end of the 19th century and a Baroque calvary, which dates from 1760.[3]
The main landmark of Tvrdonice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. Existence of the original church was first documented in 1673. Due to its poor condition, it was demolished in 1879. The new neo-Gothic church was built in 1881–1884, but it has to be demolished in 1939 due to cracks caused by the hillside location. Today, there is a park on its site. The current Church of Saint Nicholas was built nearby in 1940–1941.[4]