Strážek

Strážek ( German Straschkau ) is a Městys in the Czech Republic. He more than twelve kilometers south-west of Bystřice nad Perštejnem and belongs to Okres Zdar nad Sázavou.

Geography

Strážek is located in the Valley of the Bobruvka in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. To the south rises the Strážnice ( Straschkauer mountain, 550 m) and in the northwest the Baršovice ( 543 m).

Neighboring towns are Zábršův Mlýn and Dolni Rozsíčka in the north, Horni Rozsíčka and Bukov in the northeast, Mitrov in the east, Habří, Nový Dvůr Krčma and Meziboří the southeast, Dolni Libochová in the south, Radkov and Radkovičky the southwest, Jehnice and Moravec in the west and Mirošov in the northwest.

History

According to ancient traditions is in Strážek since 1158 have stood a castle, later in their place, the church was built. The first written mention of the village took place in 1338. 1375 Strážek was first referred to as a town. Until 1560 Strážek belonged to the rule Mitrov, then the Straschkauer goods were separated therefrom and credited to the reign Moravec. 1662 was the first school.

After the abolition of patrimonial Stražkov formed in 1850, market town in the district Nove Mesto. Since the end of the 19th century in the place name Strážek common. In 1949 the parish was assigned nad Perštejnem in the wake of the dissolution of Okres Nové Město na Moravě the Okres Bystřice. In 1961 the village to Okres Zdar nad Sázavou. On 10 October 2006, the city was given its status of a Městys. Strážek today consists of 204 homes.

Local structure

The Městys Strážek consists of the districts Habří ( shareholders, even Habry ) Jehnice ( 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 yard ).

Attractions

• Castle in Mitrov Mitrov, today seniors residence
• Ruins of Castle Mitrov, southeast of Strážek above a river loop of Bobruvka, built at the beginning of the 14th century
• Church of St. Simon and Jude, the building was built in 1616 as a Protestant church in place of the older Church of the Visitation
• Baroque statue of St.. John of Nepomuk from the 18th century, the cemetery
• Baroque statue of St.. Florian on the market, created in the 18th century
• Two crosses atonement, on the terrace below the cinemas
• Chapel in Jehnice
• Chapel of St. Cyril and Methodius in Meziboří
• Chapel in Moravecké Janovice
• Marble cross in Meziboří
• Bell tower in Krčma