Strážek

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Strážek
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Strážek (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Kraj Vysočina
District : Žďár nad Sázavou
Area : 2299 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 26 '  N , 16 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '27 "  N , 16 ° 11' 36"  E
Height: 461  m nm
Residents : 837 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code : 592 53
License plate : J
traffic
Street: Moravec - Tišnov
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Status: Městys
Districts: 6th
administration
Mayor : Vlastimil Tvarůžek (as of 2018)
Address: Strážek 13
592 53 Strážek
Municipality number: 596825
Website : www.mestysstrazek.cz

Strážek (German Straschkau , also Straska ) is a Městys in the Czech Republic . It is located twelve kilometers southwest of Bystřice nad Pernštejnem and belongs to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou .

geography

Strážek is located in the Bobrůvka valley in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . The Strážnice ( Straschkauer Berg , 550 m) rises to the south and the Baršovice (543 m) to the north-west.

Neighboring towns are Zábršův Mlyn and Dolni Rozsíčka in the north, Horni Rozsíčka and Bukov in the Northeast, Mitrov the east, Habří, Novy Dvur, Krčma and Meziboří the southeast, Dolní Libochová in the south, Radkov and Radkovičky in the southwest, Jemnice and Moravec in the west and Mirošov in the north-west.

history

According to ancient traditions, a castle has stood in Strážek since 1158, and the church was later built in its place. The first written mention of the village took place in 1338. In 1375 Strážek was first referred to as a town. Until 1560 Strážek belonged to the Mitrov rule, after which the Straschkauer goods were separated from it and added to the Moravec rule . The first school was built in 1662.

After the abolition of patrimonial Stražkov formed a market town in the Neustadtl district from 1850 . The place name Strážek has been in use since the end of the 19th century . In 1949 the municipality was assigned to the Okres Bystřice nad Pernštejnem in the course of the dissolution of the Okres Nové Město na Moravě. In 1961 the village came to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou . On October 10, 2006 the place received again the status of a Městys. Strážek today consists of 204 houses. The district Habří was ausgemeindet 2007 to Moravecké Pavlovice .

Community structure

The Městys Strážek consists of the local Jemnice ( Jemnitz ) Krčma ( Krzmin also Kretschen ) Meziboří ( Mesiborsch also Messiborz ) Mitrov ( Mitrau also Mittrow ) Moravecké Janovice ( Morawetz Janowitz ) and Strážek ( Straschkau ) and the monolayer Nový Dvůr ( Krziminer courtyard ).

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Jemnice u Moravce, Meziboří, Mitrov, Moravecké Janovice and Strážek.

Attractions

Church of St. Simon and Jude
  • Mitrov Castle in Mitrov, now a senior citizens' residence
  • The ruins of Mitrov Castle, southeast of Strážek above a bend in the Bobrůvka, built at the beginning of the 14th century
  • Church of St. Simon and Judas, the building was built in 1616 as a Protestant church in place of the older Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
  • baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk from the 18th century, at the cemetery
  • baroque statue of St. Florian am Markt, created in the 18th century
  • two atonement crosses, on the terrace below the cinema
  • Chapel in Jemnice
  • Chapel of St. Cyril and Method in Meziboří
  • Chapel in Moravecké Janovice
  • Marble cross in Meziboří
  • Bell tower in Krčma

Web links

Commons : Strážek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.uir.cz/obec/596825/Strazek
  2. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  3. L. Hošák, R. Šrámek, Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, Academia, Praha 1970, II, Academia, Praha 1980th
  4. http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/596825/Obec-Strazek
  5. http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/596825/Obec-Strazek