Brežice (pronounced [ˈbɾèːʒitsɛ] ⓘ;[2] German: Rann[3] [ʁan]) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border.

The Lower Sava Valley Museum (Slovene: Posavski muzej Brežice), housed in Brežice Castle, contains archaeological and ethnological exhibits, exhibits on the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt, and a modern history collection.

A more recent landmark addition to the town is its water tower, as well as the double arches of the 527 m long iron bridge, which spans the Sava and Krka rivers.

Celtic graves from the 2nd century BC have been discovered in Brežice, and it has been continuously settled since prehistoric times.

[5] During the Second World War, Brežice and the adjacent countryside to the north and west were known as the Rann Triangle (German: Ranner Dreieck), an area intended for the resettlement of Gottschee Germans that had been evicted from the Gottschee region in the territory annexed by Italy.

[6][7] Brežice expanded after the Second World War by annexing the neighboring villages of Brezina (German: Bresina),[3] Črnč (Tschernz),[3] Šentlenart (Sankt Leonhard),[3] Trnje (Ternje),[3] and Zakot (Sakot).

It and the adjacent cemetery were heavily damaged by flooding in 1781, which also changed the course of the river, and the current church was built in the town center in 1782.

Built in 1914, it was a key part of the town's water supply system until it was replaced by a new reservoir in 1972, after which it had an auxiliary role until 1983.