Drnholec
market town in Czech Republic
Drnholec (German: Dürnholz) is a market town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.
Geography
Drnholec is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Břeclav and 37 km (23 mi) south of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The market town is situated on the banks of the Thaya River. The western tip of the Nové Mlýny reservoirs, built on the Thaya, extends into the territory of Drnholec.
History
The first written mention of Drnholec is from 1249. From 1350, it was referred to as a market town. From 1394, Drnholec was ruled by a branch of the Liechtenstein family. In 1578, the Drnholec estate was sold to the Teuffenbach family.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Drnholec” as market town in Czech Republic. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as market town in Czech Republic. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1023882. VIAF identifies the subject as 233904889. Authority coordinates are 48.857, 16.486. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1249, 1350, 1394 and 1578.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Drnholec” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.