Castles of "Czech Republic" STRAŽISKO vs ŠTERNBERK

STRAŽISKO

Stražisko is a village and municipality (obec) in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of...

Stražisko is a village and municipality (obec) in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 3.54 square kilometres (1.37 sq mi), and has a population of 433 (as at 28 August 2006). Stražisko lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-west of Prostějov, 24 km (15 mi) west of Olomouc, and 191 km (119 mi) east of Prague.

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ŠTERNBERK

Šternberk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛrnbɛrk]; (German: (Mährisch-)Sternberg) is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic...

Šternberk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛrnbɛrk]; (German: (Mährisch-)Sternberg) is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. It was first mentioned as castrum (castle) Sternberch in 1269 and as civitas (town) Sternberch in 1296. From 1645 until 1650, during and immediately after the Thirty Years' War, the town was held by Sweden. In 1741 it was captured by Prussia. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland, one of the 2 towns of Landkreis Sternberg. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.

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