# Czech Brazilians > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Czech_Brazilians > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Czech_Brazilians.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Brazilians > Source revision: 1342950081 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ethnic group Czech Brazilians Tcheco-brasileiro · Český Brazilec Czech descendants in São Paulo. Total population 5,000[1] Regions with significant populations Brazil: Mainly Southern Brazil and Minas Gerais Languages Predominantly Portuguese · Some also speak Czech Religion Predominantly Irreligion, Roman Catholic (minority) Related ethnic groups Other White Brazilians, Czech people, Polish Brazilians **Czech Brazilians** refer to [Brazilians](/source/Brazilians) of [Czech descent](/source/Czech_people) who were born in or who trace their ancestry to the territory of the historic [Czech lands](/source/Czech_lands) or succession states, now known as the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic), and are residents or citizens of [Brazil](/source/Brazil). ## Czech people in Brazil Although Czech [Jesuits](/source/Jesuits) such as [Valentin Stansel](/source/Valentin_Stansel) had been working in Brazil since the 18th century, the first Czech immigrants arrived in 1823[2]. Among these early immigrants was [Jan Nepomuk Kubíček](/source/Jan_Nepomuk_Kub%C3%AD%C4%8Dek), a [Catholic](/source/Catholic) [carpenter](/source/Carpenter) from [Třeboň](/source/T%C5%99ebo%C5%88) and one of the great-grandfathers of [Juscelino Kubitschek](/source/Juscelino_Kubitschek), the 24th President of Brazil (from 1956 to 1961).[3][4] 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](/source/Czechoslovakia) by the [Warsaw Pact](/source/Warsaw_Pact) troops (1968). Most of those immigrants settled down in [Southern Brazil](/source/Southern_Brazil).[5] ### Southern Brazil Part of a series on Czechs Diaspora Europe Austria Vienna Bulgaria Croatia France Poland Romania Serbia United Kingdom North America United States Baltimore Nebraska South Dakota Texas Canada Mexico South America Argentina Brazil Venezuela Oceania Australia New Zealand Subgroups Moravians Silesians Culture Literature Music Art Cinema Cuisine Dress Sport Religion History History of the Czech lands Rulers Language Czech Moravian Related nations Austrians Germans Poles Silesians Slovaks West Slavs v t e More or less influence of the Czech immigration can be noticed in the three states of Southern Brazil ([Santa Catarina](/source/Santa_Catarina_(state)), [Paraná](/source/Paran%C3%A1_(state)), and [Rio Grande do Sul](/source/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](/source/Germans) or [Poles](/source/Polish_people).[6][7] In **Santa Catarina**, the Czech immigrants occupied the regions of [Vale do Itajaí](/source/Vale_do_Itaja%C3%AD)[6] and Northern parts of the state, e.g. [Joinville](/source/Joinville),[8] [São Bento do Sul](/source/S%C3%A3o_Bento_do_Sul)[9][10] and [Mafra](/source/Mafra%2C_Santa_Catarina).[11] In **Rio Grande do Sul**, most Czechs settled down in the [Serra Gaúcha](/source/Serra_Ga%C3%BAcha) (notably in the town of [Nova Petrópolis](/source/Nova_Petr%C3%B3polis)), the North Coast, the area of [Missões](/source/Miss%C3%B5es)[12] and the Central Lowlands.[13] In **Paraná**, the Czech immigration is noticeable in the Northern areas, e.g. [Rolândia](/source/Rol%C3%A2ndia) and [Londrina](/source/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).[14][15] ### Central-Western Brazil In [Central-Western Brazil](/source/Central-West_Region%2C_Brazil) the Czech immigrants arrived mostly in the 1940-1950s led by the entrepreneur [Jan Antonín Baťa](/source/Jan_Anton%C3%ADn_Ba%C5%A5a), a Czech shoe manufacturer who left [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia) after the [Nazi](/source/Nazi) occupation of the [Sudetenland](/source/Sudetenland).[16] The colonization of part of the Southeastern region of the state of [Mato Grosso do Sul](/source/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](/source/Vladimir_Kubik).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Institutions and Cultural Organizations - [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](http://www.mzv.cz/saopaulo/pt/cultura_compatriotas_e_educacao/compatriotas/contatos_das_associac_es_de_compatriotas/index.html/) ## Notable Czech Brazilians This section does not cite any sources. 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Find sources: "Czech Brazilians" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) - [Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz](/source/Countess_Elisabeth_Dobr%C5%BEensky_de_Dobr%C5%BEenicz) - [František Lorenz](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_Lorenz) - [Fred Figner](/source/Fred_Figner) - [Jan Antonín Baťa](/source/Jan_Anton%C3%ADn_Ba%C5%A5a) - [Jan Nepomuk Kubíček](/source/Jan_Nepomuk_Kub%C3%AD%C4%8Dek) - [Juscelino Kubitschek](/source/Juscelino_Kubitschek) - [Lavínia Vlasak](/source/Lav%C3%ADnia_Vlasak) - [Otto Richard Gottlieb](/source/Otto_Richard_Gottlieb) - [Tomas Valdemar Hintnaus](/source/Tomas_Valdemar_Hintnaus) - [Valentin Stansel](/source/Valentin_Stansel) - [Vilém Flusser](/source/Vil%C3%A9m_Flusser) - [Vladimir Kubik](/source/Vladimir_Kubik) - [Walter Smetak](/source/Walter_Smetak) ## See also - [Brazil portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Brazil) - [Czech Republic portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Czech_Republic) - [Brazil–Czech Republic relations](/source/Brazil%E2%80%93Czech_Republic_relations) - [Czech diaspora](/source/Czech_diaspora) - [European Brazilians](/source/European_Brazilians) - [Prague Spring](/source/Prague_Spring) - [Immigration to Brazil](/source/Immigration_to_Brazil) - [Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl](/source/Johann_Baptist_Emanuel_Pohl) - [Patriots Museum of Brazilian Emigration](/source/Patriots_Museum_of_Brazilian_Emigration) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Czech in Brazil](https://web.archive.org/web/20090126010348/http://epoca.globo.com/edic/214/soci1a.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Embaixada da República Tcheca em Brasília"](https://mzv.gov.cz/brasilia/pt/relacoes_bilaterais/index.html). *mzv.gov.cz*. Retrieved 2026-03-11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Fňukal, Miloš RNDr. Ph.D. - Regionální geografie Ameriky: [Brazílie](http://geography.upol.cz/soubory/lide/fnukal/KGG_RGAM_Brazilie.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Os quatro irmãos - [Do Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek](http://ediazzi.sites.uol.com.br/biografiaGOLsl.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Embaixada da República Tcheca no Brasil - [Relações Bilaterais](http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?ido=5089&idj=39&amb=19) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-O_Vale_dos_Imigrantes_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-O_Vale_dos_Imigrantes_6-1) Modernell, Renato - [O Vale dos Imigrantes](https://web.archive.org/web/20091027005410/http://br.geocities.com/ondine_bruch/artigos/t16.html). Revista Terra, São Paulo, v. 63, p. 26 - 33, 01 jul. 1997 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Ruiz, João Henrique Weber (16 March 2006). ["Warta "nasceu" antes mesmo de Londrina"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071009234007/http://www13.unopar.br/unopar/publicacao/manchete.action?m=282) [Warta "originated" even before Londrina]. *Jornal Comtexto, Londrina* (in Portuguese). **III** (72). unopar.br. Archived from [the original](http://www13.unopar.br/unopar/publicacao/manchete.action?m=282) on 9 October 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Santa Caterina - Brasil: Caminho dos Príncipes: Joinville"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070515003937/http://www.santacatarinaturismo.com.br/inter~26.htm) [Santa Catarina - Brazil: Path of the Princes: Joinville] (in Portuguese). santacatarinaturismo.com.br. Archived from [the original](http://www.santacatarinaturismo.com.br/inter~26.htm) on 15 May 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina - Official Website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080607174139/http://www.saobentodosul.sc.gov.br/?pagina=historia). Archived from [the original](http://www.saobentodosul.sc.gov.br/?pagina=historia) on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2007-04-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Brazilian Association of Hotel Industry (ABIH) Santa Catarina](https://web.archive.org/web/20070704213946/http://www.abih-sc.com.br/detalhe.php?cd_article=937&cd_secao=134&menu=TURISMO%20EM%20SC) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Histórico de Mafra"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071213200118/http://www.mafra.sc.gov.br/conteudo/?item=11279&fa=5886) [History of Mafra] (in Portuguese). mafra.sc.gov.br. Archived from [the original](http://www.mafra.sc.gov.br/conteudo/?PHPSESSID=ac4fa04cb6446e5f294df91f954a41c1&item=11279&fa=5886) on 13 December 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Haiske, André. ["Austrian Immigrants in the Municipality of Ijuí: A Report on the Immigration by Ludwig Streicher"](https://www.academia.edu/36388507). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Prefeitura de Nova Petrópolis - Etnia tcheca é homenageada na Assembléia Legislativa"](http://www.novapetropolis.rs.gov.br/det_noticias.php?id=576&tipo=) [Nova Petrópolis prefecture - Czech ethnicity honoured at the Legislative Assembly] (in Portuguese). novapetropolis.rs.gov.br.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Ruiz, Glacy Weber - [Londrina](http://weber.ruiz.googlepages.com/londrina.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090815144823/http://weber.ruiz.googlepages.com/londrina.html) 2009-08-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Prefeitura de Rolândia (PR)[História do município](http://www.e-prefeituras.pr.gov.br/sites/prefeitura/rolandia/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070525111415/http://www.e-prefeituras.pr.gov.br/sites/prefeitura/rolandia/) 2007-05-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Kelpsidra"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071005231541/http://www.klepsidra.net/klepsidra23/colonizacao-ms.htm). 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