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Brno was liberated on 26 April 1945 by Red Army after more than two weeks of heavy fighting. After the war, and the reestablishment of the Czechoslovak state, the majority of the ethnic German population (except antifascists, members of the resistance, mixed marriages, etc.) was expelled to Germany or Austria.
The Brno death march [1] [2] [3] (German: Brünner Todesmarsch) began late on the night of 30 May 1945 [1] when the ethnic German minority in Brno (German: Brünn ⓘ) was expelled to nearby Austria following the capture of the city by the Allies during World War II. Only about half of expellees actually crossed the border.
Staré Brno (German: Alt-Brünn, Hantec: Oltec, lit. 'Old Brno') is a cadastral territory southwest of the historical center of the city of Brno in the Czech Republic. It has an area of 1.68 km 2. Originally a town, it was annexed to Brno in 1850, and since November 24, 1990 it has been part of the city district of Brno-střed. Over 17,000 ...
Brno (/ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ / BUR-noh, [5] Czech: ⓘ; German: Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.
Brno-Maloměřice and Obřany (Czech: Brno-Maloměřice a Obřany) is a city district of Brno, Czech Republic, located in the northeastern part of the city. It consists of the cadastral territory of Obřany and most of the cadastral territory of Maloměřice. The total cadastral area is 9.29 km 2. The city district was established on November ...
German Technical University in Brno founded. [10] Population: 45,189. [11] 1855 - Synagogue consecrated. [12] 1861 - Natural History Society established. [13] 1864 - Vankovka engineering works built near Brno. [14] 1866 - 13 July: Prussians in power. [15] 1867 Czech-language secondary school founded. [16] Red Church construction completed. 1869 ...
The siege of Brno, which occurred from 3 May 3 to 23 August 1645, was the second Swedish siege of the city of Brno in the last years of the Thirty Years' War. [2] The Brno garrison, consisting of 500 soldiers and about 1,000 Brno residents, successfully defended the city against about 28,000 soldiers of General Lennart Torstensson .
History of Brno; Timeline of Brno; B. Böhmische Dörfer; Brno death march; H. Harok family murder; M. List of mayors of Brno; T. Treaty of Brno (1478) Treaty of Brno ...