Strahovice (german: Strandorf) is a municipality and village in
Opava District
Opava District ( cs, okres Opava) is a district (''okres'') within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava.
Complete list of municipalities
Bělá -
Bohuslavice -
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in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravsk� ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...
. It has about 900 inhabitants. It is part of the historic
Hlučín Region
Hlučín Region ( cs, Hlučínsko, german: Hultschiner Ländchen, pl, Ziemia hulczyńska) 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, Hlu� ...
.
History
The first written mention of Strahovice is from 1349.
Notable people
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Richard Henkes
Richard Henkes (26 May 1900 – 22 February 1945) was a German Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate ( Pallottines). Henkes served as a teacher but was best known for his preaching abilities in the pulpit where he made s ...
(1900–1945), German priest; worked here in 1941–1943
Twin towns – sister cities
Strahovice is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
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Krzanowice
Krzanowice (german: Kranowitz, from 1936 to 1945 ''Kranstädt'') is a town in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,157 inhabitants (2019). It lies just a few kilometers from the border with the Czech Republic.
Notable people ...
, 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 Nass ...
, Germany
References
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Villages in Opava District
Hlučín Region
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