{{Infobox Ethnic group | group = Czech Brazilians<br><small>''Tcheco-brasileiro {{·}} Český Brazilec''</small> | native_name = | flag = {{flagicon|Brazil}} {{flagicon|Czech}} | image = [[File:21ª Festa do Imigrante (27001688513).jpg|300px]]<br><small>Czech descendants in [[São Paulo]].</small> | total = '''5,000'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090126010348/http://epoca.globo.com/edic/214/soci1a.htm Czech in Brazil]</ref> | regions = [[Brazil]]: Mainly [[Southern Brazil]] and [[Minas Gerais]] | langs = Predominantly [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] {{·}} Some also speak [[Czech language|Czech]] | rels = Predominantly [[Irreligion]], [[Roman Catholic]] (minority) | related-c = Other [[White Brazilians]], [[Czech people]], [[Polish Brazilians]] | native_name_lang = | related_groups = }}
'''Czech Brazilians''' refer to [[Brazilians]] of [[Czech people|Czech descent]] who were born in or who trace their ancestry to the territory of the historic [[Czech lands]] or succession states, now known as the [[Czech Republic]], and are residents or citizens of [[Brazil]].
==Czech people in Brazil==
Although Czech [[Jesuits]] such as [[Valentin Stansel]] had been working in Brazil since the 18th century, the first Czech immigrants arrived in 1823<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embaixada da República Tcheca em Brasília |url=https://mzv.gov.cz/brasilia/pt/relacoes_bilaterais/index.html |access-date=2026-03-11 |website=mzv.gov.cz}}</ref>. Among these early immigrants was [[Jan Nepomuk Kubíček]], a [[Catholic]] [[carpenter]] from [[Třeboň]] and one of the great-grandfathers of [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], the 24th President of Brazil (from 1956 to 1961).<ref>Fňukal, Miloš RNDr. Ph.D. - Regionální geografie Ameriky: [http://geography.upol.cz/soubory/lide/fnukal/KGG_RGAM_Brazilie.htm Brazílie]</ref><ref>Os quatro irmãos - [http://ediazzi.sites.uol.com.br/biografiaGOLsl.htm Do Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek]</ref>
In the 20th century, there were three large waves of Czechs who moved to Brazil: in the 1930s, after the Communist takeover (1948) and after the occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] by the [[Warsaw Pact]] troops (1968). Most of those immigrants settled down in [[Southern Brazil]].<ref>Embaixada da República Tcheca no Brasil - [http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?ido=5089&idj=39&amb=19 Relações Bilaterais]</ref>
===Southern Brazil=== {{Czechs}}
More or less influence of the Czech immigration can be noticed in the three states of Southern Brazil ([[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], and [[Rio Grande do Sul]]). In such states, the Czechs arrived since the 19th century and were often a minority in areas predominantly settled by [[Germans]] or [[Polish people|Poles]].<ref name="O Vale dos Imigrantes">Modernell, Renato - [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027005410/http://br.geocities.com/ondine_bruch/artigos/t16.html O Vale dos Imigrantes]. Revista Terra, São Paulo, v. 63, p. 26 - 33, 01 jul. 1997</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Ruiz|first=João Henrique Weber|url=http://www13.unopar.br/unopar/publicacao/manchete.action?m=282|title=Warta "nasceu" antes mesmo de Londrina|trans-title=Warta "originated" even before Londrina|language=pt|journal=Jornal Comtexto, Londrina|publisher=unopar.br|volume=III|issue=72|date=16 March 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009234007/http://www13.unopar.br/unopar/publicacao/manchete.action?m=282|archivedate=9 October 2007}}</ref>
In '''Santa Catarina''', the Czech immigrants occupied the regions of [[Vale do Itajaí]]<ref name="O Vale dos Imigrantes" /> and Northern parts of the state, e.g. [[Joinville]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santacatarinaturismo.com.br/inter~26.htm|title=Santa Caterina - Brasil: Caminho dos Príncipes: Joinville|trans-title=Santa Catarina - Brazil: Path of the Princes: Joinville|language=pt|publisher=santacatarinaturismo.com.br|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515003937/http://www.santacatarinaturismo.com.br/inter~26.htm|archivedate=15 May 2007}}</ref> [[São Bento do Sul]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saobentodosul.sc.gov.br/?pagina=historia |title=São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina - Official Website |access-date=2007-04-22 |archive-date=2008-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607174139/http://www.saobentodosul.sc.gov.br/?pagina=historia |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704213946/http://www.abih-sc.com.br/detalhe.php?cd_article=937&cd_secao=134&menu=TURISMO%20EM%20SC Brazilian Association of Hotel Industry (ABIH) Santa Catarina]</ref> and [[Mafra, Santa Catarina|Mafra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mafra.sc.gov.br/conteudo/?PHPSESSID=ac4fa04cb6446e5f294df91f954a41c1&item=11279&fa=5886|title=Histórico de Mafra|trans-title=History of Mafra|language=pt|publisher=mafra.sc.gov.br|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213200118/http://www.mafra.sc.gov.br/conteudo/?item=11279&fa=5886|archivedate=13 December 2007}}</ref>
In '''Rio Grande do Sul''', most Czechs settled down in the [[Serra Gaúcha]] (notably in the town of [[Nova Petrópolis]]), the North Coast, the area of [[Missões]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/36388507 | title=Austrian Immigrants in the Municipality of Ijuí: A Report on the Immigration by Ludwig Streicher | last1=Haiske | first1=André }}</ref> and the Central Lowlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novapetropolis.rs.gov.br/det_noticias.php?id=576&tipo=|title=Prefeitura de Nova Petrópolis - Etnia tcheca é homenageada na Assembléia Legislativa|trans-title=Nova Petrópolis prefecture - Czech ethnicity honoured at the Legislative Assembly|language=pt|publisher=novapetropolis.rs.gov.br}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In '''Paraná''', the Czech immigration is noticeable in the Northern areas, e.g. [[Rolândia]] and [[Londrina]], where in 1932-1940s Czechs and Poles used to dispute the available lands for coffee cultivation, particularly in the rural district of ''Warta'' (Northern Londrina).<ref>Ruiz, Glacy Weber - [http://weber.ruiz.googlepages.com/londrina.html Londrina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815144823/http://weber.ruiz.googlepages.com/londrina.html |date=2009-08-15 }}</ref><ref>Prefeitura de Rolândia (PR)[http://www.e-prefeituras.pr.gov.br/sites/prefeitura/rolandia/ História do município] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525111415/http://www.e-prefeituras.pr.gov.br/sites/prefeitura/rolandia/ |date=2007-05-25 }}</ref>
===Central-Western Brazil=== In [[Central-West Region, Brazil|Central-Western Brazil]] the Czech immigrants arrived mostly in the 1940-1950s led by the entrepreneur [[Jan Antonín Baťa]], a Czech shoe manufacturer who left [[Czechoslovakia]] after the [[Nazi]] occupation of the [[Sudetenland]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.klepsidra.net/klepsidra23/colonizacao-ms.htm | title=Kelpsidra | accessdate=May 20, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005231541/http://www.klepsidra.net/klepsidra23/colonizacao-ms.htm | archive-date=October 5, 2007 | url-status=usurped }}</ref>
The colonization of part of the Southeastern region of the state of [[Mato Grosso do Sul]] was made possible thanks to the ''Companhia Viação São Paulo-Mato Grosso'' (São Paulo-Mato Grosso Transport Company) owned by Baťa and managed by another Czech immigrant, [[Vladimir Kubik]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
==Institutions and Cultural Organizations== * [http://www.mzv.cz/saopaulo/pt/cultura_compatriotas_e_educacao/compatriotas/contatos_das_associac_es_de_compatriotas/index.html/ União Cultural Tcheco-Brasileira - Česko-brazilský kulturní svaz - São Paulo, SP] * [http://www.mzv.cz/saopaulo/pt/cultura_compatriotas_e_educacao/compatriotas/contatos_das_associac_es_de_compatriotas/index.html/ Oficina Cultural Tcheco Eslovaca do Brasil - Česká a slovenská kulturní dílna Brazílie - Nova Andradina, MS] * [http://www.mzv.cz/saopaulo/pt/cultura_compatriotas_e_educacao/compatriotas/contatos_das_associac_es_de_compatriotas/index.html/ Centro de Memória Jindřich Tracha - Centrum památky Jindřicha Trachty - Batayporã, MS] * [http://www.mzv.cz/saopaulo/pt/cultura_compatriotas_e_educacao/compatriotas/contatos_das_associac_es_de_compatriotas/index.html/ Associação Cultural Theca-Brasileira - Česko-brazilské kulturní sdružení - Porto Alegre, RS] * [http://www.mzv.cz/saopaulo/pt/cultura_compatriotas_e_educacao/compatriotas/contatos_das_associac_es_de_compatriotas/index.html/ Associação dos Descendentes de Imigrantes da Bohêmia em Nova Petrópolis - Sdružení potomků imigrantů z Česka - Nova Petrópolis, RS]
==Notable Czech Brazilians== {{Unsourced|section|date=May 2024}} *[[Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz]] *[[František Lorenz]] *[[Fred Figner]] *[[Jan Antonín Baťa]] *[[Jan Nepomuk Kubíček]] *[[Juscelino Kubitschek]] *[[Lavínia Vlasak]] *[[Otto Richard Gottlieb]] *[[Tomas Valdemar Hintnaus]] *[[Valentin Stansel]] *[[Vilém Flusser]] *[[Vladimir Kubik]] *[[Walter Smetak]]
==See also== {{Portal|Brazil|Czech Republic}} * [[Brazil–Czech Republic relations]] * [[Czech diaspora]] * [[European Brazilians]] * [[Prague Spring]] * [[Immigration to Brazil]] * [[Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl]] * [[Patriots Museum of Brazilian Emigration]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Ancestry and ethnicity in Brazil}} {{Brazil topics}} {{Czech diaspora}} {{Portal bar|Brazil|Czech Republic}} [[Category:Brazilian people of Czech descent| ]] [[Category:Czech expatriates in Brazil| ]] [[Category:European diaspora in Brazil]] [[Category:Czech diaspora by country|Brazil]] [[Category:Czech diaspora in South America|Brazil]]