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It is a picturesque small town situated on slopes of the hill of the Chateau. It was founded in 1359. The ruins of the castle with a cylindercal tower - Stramberska truba dominates the surrounding and the countryside. Stramberska truba is a medieval castle that comes from the 13th century. Only the castle walls and Truba tower have been preserved. An architectonic unique is presented with a folk architecture of Moravian shepherd frame cottages that come from 18th century. Most of them create historical town reservation.
The national nature monument Sipka was opened on the 6th August 1922. During years the gallery of statues and monuments of our outstanding persons has arisen here. From Kotouc there is a beautiful view of Stramberk that is called Moravian Bethlehem because of its uncommon picturesque ness. The most important place of the national park is the Sipka cave. Thank to this cave the Stramberk town become well known in the scientific world. In 1880 archeologist K.J. Maska found among the quantity of skeleton remains of the primeval animals a fragment of a jaw - bone of the Neanderthal child called "Sipecka celist".
The town museum is situated in the late baroque building Nr. 31 on the Square. On the ground floor visitors can see some paleontological collections - fossils from Kotouc, archeological discoveries from the Sipka cave, bronze treasures from Kotouc site of a settlement and the botanical part. On the first floor you can also find unique ethnographic collections there.
TRUBA. It isn't known, who the founder of the castle was, but in the 14th century it was possession of aristocracy. In 1380 the owners were Lords from Kravare and later the owners of this castle were changing very quickly. The heart of the castle was created with cylindrical tower, 40 meters high. You could get inside through the wooden bridge from 2nd floor of the opposite palace. In position of the present- day cottage of doctor Hrstka existed a large dwelling house. This building was rebuild into Renaissance chateau in time when the owners were Zerotin lords. In memorial document we can read a lot about the history of the castle. Nowadays only parts of stone walls and the Truba tower that was renovate into a look - out tower in 1903 have been preserved.
The look - out tower Bila Hora is very attractive place for visitors. There is a beautiful view from the top of the mountain. You can see far over the countryside. The lookout tower is a modern architectural structure that is 43 meters high.
Stara vez. The bell tower is connected with the town fortification wall. It is the residue of the Gothic church of St. Bartolomej. Part of the peripheral masonry comes apparently from the second part of 14th century. A small portal and traceries from second part of 15th century. The activity of church finished in 1782. Only the tower stayed and serves as the bell tower. Next to the bell tower the amphitheatre "Pod Starou vezi" was built up in 1994. Church owns it but it attends on all people especially during the tourist season.
Stramberske usi - Stramberk's ears {the legend}. At the beginning of May 1241 the Tartars invaded Moravia. People started to leave their homes and they ran away to a hardly accessible Kotouc mountain. Many Tartars settled just around this mountain. The night before Ascension of Christ the wild storm came. The Christians that were hidden at Kotouc, dug through the dams of the lake and they flooded out a camp of the Tartars. Some Christians though were killed and their ears were cut off and the Tartars sent them in bags to their Khan. Annually on the day of the Ascension of Christ the wake at Kotouc Mountain is held. It is a memory to a marvelous rescue of the Christians from the Tartars. For memory gingerbread called "Stramberk ears" is baked and sold just in Stramberk.
Botanical garden and arboretum Stramberk is situated in the territory of the limestone quarry called "Dolni Kamenarka" and its environs. The ground is very rough with considerable overtopping. The present area of the garden is nearly 10 hectares. The first plantations took place in 1999 here. Calciphilous and thermophile plants of Stramberk origin present the main part of future exposure of the stone garden. At the bottom an unique limestone marschland arisen. The animal kingdom and the plants are very various; in Jurassic lime stones many fossils are hidden. A paradise of animals and plants come to arise here. Lovers of nature will be interested in the stone labyrinth with the amphitheatre at the old quarry, caves with gorge and mountain climbing marked - out lines on some walls.
Zdenek Burian's museum originally "butchers shop built by the butcher's guild in 1822. In the spacious hall with beamed ceiling there were 6 shops built up. Masters were selling their product there. In 1959 when Stramberk was promoted to a town, the town museum was opened in this building. Since 1992 "butchers shops" serve in museum of Zdenek Burian. This person is well known by his painting reconstructions of primeval people and animals and also by his illustrations of adventurous novels.
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