Srní () is a municipality and village in

Klatovy District Klatovy District () is a Okres, district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Klatovy. With an area of , it is the largest district in the country. Administrative division Klatovy District is divided into three Di ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Srní consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Srní (215) *Vchynice-Tetov I (6)

Etymology

The village was named ''Rehberg'' (literally " roe deer mountain") in German and later ''Srní'' (i.e. "roe deer's") after roe deers that were abundant in the area.

Geography

Srní is located about south of

Klatovy Klatovy (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administr ...

and south of

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

. It lies in the

Bohemian Forest The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as () and in German as , is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and the South Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria in Germ ...

and in the

Šumava National Park The Šumava National Park (, usually shortened as NP Šumava), or Bohemian Forest National Park, is a national park in the South Bohemian regions of the Czech Republic along the border with Germany (where the smaller adjacent Bavarian Forest Na ...

. The highest point is the mountain Adamova hora at above sea level. The Vydra and Křemelná rivers flow along the municipal borders, until they merge into the Otava River.

History

Srní was founded by Baron Schmiedl in 1726 or 1727 as a lumberjack settlement.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Srní is the Church of the Holy Trinity. It was built in 1804–1805. An important technical monument is the Vchynice-Tetov Canal. It was constructed to float wood in 1799–1801. It joined the Křemelná and Vydra rivers to get around unnavigable section of the Vydra. There is a visitor centre with wolf enclosure in the municipality.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Srni Villages in Klatovy District Bohemian Forest