Střeň

Střeň
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Olomoucký kraj
District :	Olomouc
Area :	581 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 41 '  N , 17 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 41 '19 "  N , 17 ° 9' 25"  E
Height:	225  m nm
Residents :	604 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	783 32
License plate :	M.
traffic
Street:	Pňovice - Náklo
Railway connection:	Olomouc - Prague
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Jiří Nevima (as of 2014)
Address:	Střeň 19 783 32 Náklo
Municipality number:	547018
Website :	www.stren.cz

Střeň (German shrine ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located five kilometers east of Litovel and belongs to the Okres Olomouc .

geography

Střeň is located between the March and the brook Benkovský potok in the Upper Moravian Basin ( Hornomoravský úval ). The village is located in a large clearing in the middle of the Litovelské Pomoraví alluvial forest . The Olomouc - Praha railway line runs on the northern outskirts .

Neighboring towns are Pňovice and Strukov in the north, Boudy, Žerotín , Hnojice and Stádlo in the Northeast, Krnov and Novoveská Čtvrť the east, Štěpánov in the southeast, Hynkov and Lhota nad Moravou in the south, Březové in the southwest, Šargoun, Chořelice, Olomoucké Předměstí and Litovel in West and Tři Dvory, Renoty and Dětřichov in the north-west.

history

The discovery of a bronze ax from the burial mound culture from around 600 BC. BC documents an early presence of people on the parish area. The extensive floodplain forests on the March were uninhabited sovereign territory in the early Middle Ages and served the dukes of Olomouc as a hunting ground.

Usque Wstrene was first mentioned in writing in 1249 in a document from King Wenceslas I. Other forms of name were Stren (1318), Wstrzenye (1390), Stržeň , Strzen , Strežen (from 1464), Shrine (from 1601), Strzenie (1676), Strženitz (from 1718), Schrainium (1771) and Strženie , Střeně (from 1798). The registers have been kept in Náklo since 1626 . In 1845 the railway from Olomouc to Prague was put into operation.

After the abolition of patrimonial Střeně / Schrein formed with the district Lhota nad Moravou / Ölhütten from 1850 a municipality in the district administration of Littau . The school was inaugurated in 1881. The current place name Střeň has been used since 1885. Lhota nad Moravou broke up in 1919 and formed its own community. After the Okres Litovel was abolished, Střeň was assigned to the Okres Olomouc in 1960 and incorporated into Náklo . Since 1993 Střeň has again formed its own municipality.

During the flood of July 8, 1997, Střeň was flooded by the March and the Benkovský potok. The water, which was one and a half meters high in places, damaged 31 houses so badly that they had to be demolished. Another 130 houses were long-term uninhabitable and 88 residents became homeless.

Community structure

No districts are shown for the municipality of Střeň.

Attractions

• Chapel of St. Wenceslas with bell tower, built in 1718
• Wooden cross with a figure of Christ, erected in 1867 as thanks for being spared from cholera during the German War
• Memorial to those who fell in World War I, created in 1919
• Memorial to the fallen of the Second World War

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/547018/Stren
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ↑ Místopisný rejstřík obcí českého Slezska a severní Moravy (p. 597) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.2 MB)