Strahovice () is a municipality and village in
Opava District
Opava District () is a Districts of the Czech Republic, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava.
Administrative division
Opava District is divided into four Districts of the Czech Republic#M ...
in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 900 inhabitants. It is part of the historic
Hlučín Region
Hlučín Region (, , ) is a historically significant part of Czech Silesia, now part of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is named after its largest town, Hlučín. Its area is , and in 2021, it had 66,750 inhabitants.
Munici ...
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History
The first written mention of Strahovice is from 1349.
Demographics
Notable people
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Richard Henkes (1900–1945), German priest; worked here in 1941–1943
Twin towns – sister cities
Strahovice is
twinned with:
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Krzanowice, Poland
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Ruppach-Goldhausen
Ruppach-Goldhausen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The community lies in the Westerwald north of Montabaur on the edge of the Nassau ...
, Germany
References
External links
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Villages in Opava District
Hlučín Region
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