Pohoà Âelice (; ) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,100 inhabitants.
Pohoà Âelice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Pohoà Âelice is located about south of Brno. It lies in a flat landscape in the DyjeâÂÂSvratka Valley. The Jihlava River flows through the town. There are two large fishponds in the municipal territory: Vrkoàand Starý rybnÃÂk. They are among the largest ponds in Moravia. The largest Moravian pond, Novoveský rybnÃÂk, is located near Nová Ves just across the municipal border.
The first written mention of Pohoà Âelice is from 1222. It was a royal town until 1512, when it was acquired by Vilém II of Pernà ¡tejn. He and his descendants focused on the economic development of the town and they began to establish ponds. Pohoà Âelice became a centre of grain growing, viticulture and fish farming.
In the 18th century, the Pohoà Âelice estate was owned by the Dietrichstein family. The town experienced construction development, especially thanks to the construction of the road from Brno to Vienna in 1727.
After World War II, there was an internment camp in the town for ethnic Germans, as a part of the Brno death march.
Viticulture has a long tradition here. Pohoà Âelice lies in the Mikulovská wine sub-region.
The D52 motorway, which further continues as the I/52 road (part of the European route E461 from Brno to the Czech-Austrian border in Mikulov), passes through the town.
The landmark of Pohoà Âelice is the Church of Saint James the Great. It is a three-nave Gothic church, which was gradually built from 1290 to 1580. Renaissance modifications were made in 1668.
A baroque monument is the Paar's Manor House in the centre of the town. it was built at the end of the 17th century. Today the building belongs to the school complex.
Leopoldsruhe is a Baroque hunting manor house, built for Leopold of Dietrichstein in 1747. It is an architecturally valuable monument.
Pohoà Âelice is twinned with: