Strážnice

Strážnice
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Jihomoravský kraj
District :	Hodonín
Area :	3140 ha
Geographic location :	48 ° 54 '  N , 17 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '3 "  N , 17 ° 19' 0"  E
Height:	177  m nm
Residents :	5,560 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	696 62
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Renata Smutná (as of 2012)
Address:	náměstí Svobody 503 696 62 Strážnice
Municipality number:	586587
Website :	www.straznice-mesto.cz

Strážnice (German Straßnitz ) is a town in Okres Hodonín in the Jihomoravský kraj region (Czech Republic). It is located in the south-east of Moravia on the left bank of the Velička River .

history

The first written evidence comes from the 13th century. Strážnice was under Ottokar II Přemysl a strategically important city on the eastern border of Moravia. For this reason, there are several castles in the vicinity, including the Strážnice Castle , which was built after 1260 . The place initially belonged to the royal fortune, but was then sold to the Lords of Krawarn at the beginning of the 14th century . The city flourished under their reign, especially under Peter Strážnický von Kravarn, who founded the nearby village of Petrov , named after him . He also planted the first vineyards and protected viticulture through the vineyard law that he wrote. At the beginning of the 15th century, the Lords of Krawarn joined the Hussite movement. Nevertheless, the Hussites burned the city down several times, which Georg von Krawarn rebuilt.

In 1458, in the nearby Strážnice Castle, the Bohemian King George of Podebrady handed over to the Hungarian estates their King Matthias Corvinus , who had previously been captured by the Bohemians. In the 15th century the lords of Žerotín , supporters of the Bohemian Brethren , acquired the town. Under Johann III. Strassnitz was further fortified from Žerotín.

After the Hungarian uprising in 1605, the city was burned down and a large part of the population was murdered or captured. The community was looted and pillaged again during the Thirty Years' War; many residents left the city because of the re-Catholicization .

In 1628, Strassnitz was acquired by the Imperial Colonel Franz Reichsgraf von Magnis (1598–1652). He was one of the commanders of the royal armies in the battle of the White Mountain and was elevated to the status of imperial baron in 1622 and imperial count in 1637 in recognition of his services. Under his rule, Italian piarists were called to the city in 1633 . In 1652 the place fell victim to the flames again, in 1680 the plague spread, three years later and at the beginning of the 18th century the area was repeatedly attacked by Hungarian rebels. The city quickly lost its importance. In 1848, Strassnitz fell by inheritance to the Eckersdorfer line of Magnis founded by Anton Alexander von Magnis in 1780 . The last major manager of the property in Strasbourg from Magnis was the Bistritz wood industrialist and founder and shareholder of Impregna AG, Max Hrdliczka from 1901 to 1943.

During the national movement of the Czechs in the 19th century, Strassnitz and its surroundings became a cultural center. At the beginning of the 20th century, industrialization began. Today, Strassnitz is a popular place for culture and tourism with an annual folklore festival.

Attractions

• Strážnice Castle
• Village Museum of Southeast Moravia
• Church of the Virgin Mary
• City gates, remains of the fortifications in the Turkish Wars from the second half of the 16th century.
• Synagogue and Jewish cemetery with the oldest grave from 1448 ( Moses Sofer was in his early years a rabbi in Strážnice, which was then known by its German name Dresnitz).
• Strážnice open-air museum shows the wine-growing tradition of South Moravia.

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  Church of the Assumption
  ( Kostel Nanebevzetí P. Marie )

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  Parish church of St. Martin and watchtower
  ( Farní kostel sv.Martina a strážní věž )

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  Town hall
  ( radnice )

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  Statue JA Comenius
  ( Socha JA Komenského )

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  Monument to JA Comenius
  ( Památník JA Komenského )

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  Railway station
  ( nádraží )

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  Strážnice Castle
  ( Strážnický zámek )

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  Castle park
  ( zámecký park )

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  Veselská city gate
  ( Veselská brána )

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  Synagogue
  ( synagoga )

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  Jewish cemetery
  ( Židovský hřbitov )

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  [Open-Air Museum of Southeast Moravia in Strážnice]
  ( Muzeum vesnice jihovýchodní Moravy )

People (selection)

• Anton Alexander von Magnis (1751–1817), large landowner

Web links

Commons : Strážnice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Strasitz in the Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae  - sources and full texts

• www.straznice-mesto.cz - Official homepage also in German
• Open-Air Museum of Southeast Moravia in Strážnice ( Muzeum vesnice jihovýchodní Moravy )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
2. ↑ Richard Plümicke: The large estates of the last imperial count von Götzen from the Silesian line and his heirs in 1771 . In: Glatzer Heimatblätter 1942, issue 2, p. 52.
3. ^ Region of South Moravia at Centrope accessed on June 25, 2010