Střihov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Nymburk | ||||
| Municipality : | Sloveč | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 14 ' N , 15 ° 22' E | ||||
| Height: | 241 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 123 (March 1, 2001) | ||||
| Postal code : | 289 03 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Street: | Městec Králové - Nový Bydžov | ||||
Střihov (German Strihow ) is a district of the municipality of Sloveč in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers northeast of Městec Králové and belongs to the Okres Nymburk .
geography
Střihov is located in the headwaters of the Střihovský creek in the foothills of the Jičínská pahorkatina. The forest area of the Skochovický and Osecký les, in which the hill "Na pískách" (291 m) rises, extends northeast. The Kamenec (263 m) rises to the south. To the north of the village lies the Mezilesí desert.
Neighboring towns are Žantov in the northeast, Skochovice in the east, Lužec nad Cidlinou in the southeast, Vlkov nad Lesy in the south, Běruničky and Nový in the southwest, Sloveč in the west and Nový Dvůr and Kamilov in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of the Střihóv Dvór farmyard belonging to Countess Marie von Waldstein on Dymokury was made in 1571. There were several ponds around the farm, most of which were drained in the 18th century.
After the abolition of patrimonial Střihov formed a municipality in the Poděbrady district from 1850 . In 1858 a two-class village school opened, which was given a new building in 1887 on the site of the village pond on the village square. At the beginning of 1961 Střihov was incorporated into Sloveč and at the same time assigned to the Okres Nymburk.
In the 1970s, not far from the village, the remains of a high medieval settlement were excavated through the Polabský muzeum . In 1991 the place had 134 inhabitants. In 2001 the village consisted of 87 houses in which 123 people lived.
Attractions
- The cemetery chapel of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, the neo-Gothic building with a bell tower is located on the southern outskirts on the road from Městec Králové to Nový Bydžov . It was built in 1908 around a baroque pieta from 1777.
- Statue of the Virgin Mary, created in 1890 by the sculptor Alois Khun from Vojice
- Statue of St. Wenceslas at the school, created in 1906 by the sculptor J. Krause from Soběšice
- sandstone crucifix on the village square, a work by K. Kofránek from Vojice from 1897
- Kamilovský vysílač TV transmission tower on the "Na pískách" knoll in Osecký les