Šakvice

Šakvice (Schakwitz) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.

Šakvice lies approximately 20 km north-west of Břeclav, 35 km south of Brno, and 213 km south-east of Prague.

History
The first written mention of Šakvice is from 1248.

Šakvice train collision took place here in 1953.