The town of Strážnice is located in the district of Hodonín in the South Moravian Region, 15 km northeast of Hodonín, on the left bank of the Velička River. The first written mention of the city dates back to 1302. Strážnice was at that time the third largest city in Moravia and is also famous for the production of wine. Education in Strážnice has a great tradition, based on the unity of the Brethren. Personalities like Jan Amos Comenius, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk studied in Straznice and Jan Evangelista Purkyne worked as a teacher at the Piarist High School. Currently, the town of Strážnice has 5, 560.
City Strážnice:
- health Center
- library
- retirement home
- House of Culture
- health Center
- youth centre.
Tourist Information Center:
tel .: +420 518 325 721, Vinohradská 35.
Education:
- vocational school, high school, grammar school
- elementary School
- Kindergarten.
Sport and leisure:
- sport areal
- football field, floorball court
- courts and tennis hall
- pumptrack track and biker playground
- aquapark.
Monuments, culture:
- Strážnice castle
- Open-air museum Strážnice
- Church of the Assumption
- Synagogue and Jewish cemetery
- Bata's channel.