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History under windows of the hotel.
A small mountain town in the middle of the Stramberska vrchovina (Highland), stretching
across slopes of Zamecky kopec, Kotouc, Bila hora, Libotinske vrchy and Cerveny kamen,
along the foothills of the Beskydy Mts., called „Moravian Bethlehem“ for their picturesqueness.
Stramberk was founded by the Moravian margrave Jan Jindrich Lucembursky (1322-1375),
son of the Czech King Jan Lucembursky (1296-1346), younger brother of the Roman emperor
and Czech king Karel IV (1316-1378), on December 4, 1359 by giving the settlement (first
recorded in 1211) surrounding the castle the statute of a town.
The left side of the coat of arms of the town is that of an ancient Czech family, the Benesovice
(founded in the 11th century) – a curled silver arrow in a red field, the right side the coat of
arms of Moravia - a silver and red chequered eagle in a blue shield.
A dominant feature of both town and environs are the ruins of the Castle Strallenberg with its
cylindrical tower called Truba. Unique in its architecture is a set of Wallahian timbered cottages
from the 18th and 19th century, now most of these are under urban conservation. Another
famous feature of the town are the so called „Stramberske usi“ (Stramberk´s ears), a certain
type of ginger snack, shaped like ears. In memory of a legendary victory by the Christians of
Stramberk over the Mongolian army on May 8, 1241, the day of the Ascension of Christ.
For more information you can visit pages of Stramberk -
www.stramberk.cz/index_en.php
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