Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí ČR (2001)
- Široká Niva, Bruntál district, Moravosilesian region - adopted 17 Oct
2001.
Number of inhabitants by 1.1. 2002: 588. This village was first mentioned
in 1278 in connection with foundation of Markvartice. Foundation of Bretnov
is dated back to 1380-1390. On 24 September 1949 Markvartice and Bretnov
were incorporated into one village named Široká Niva. In 1640 the village
named Skrbovice was founded. Skrbovice was included into Široká Niva on
1 January 1960. The local settlement named Pocheň was founded about 1620.
This settlement was always a part of Široká Niva.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 Nov 2002