ŠtramberkMoravian Bethlehem

The realization of the projectCZ.1.07/1.1.07/02.008226.11. 2009 - 11.1. 2012

„Critical Thinking as an Instrument for Pupil‘s Personality Formation“

The project is financed from the European social fund and the Czech Republic state budget.

Where can we find it?

History40 000 B.C.• Neanderthal Man• Lower jaw of child• The cave Šipka

800 B.C.• Findings from Bronze Age• The settlement on Kotouč

4.12.1359

• Jan Jindřich Lucemburský founded the Štramberk town

The castle The tower Trúba

40 m highBuilt in 1359

There is a legend from 13th century connected with Štramberk. Moravia was occupied by Mongols, in those

times. To avoid their attacks, citizens of Štramberk were looking for safety on the hill Kotouč. Storms came and filled ponds above a Mongolian camp with wather. The Štramberk citizens

damaged the ponds, the wather flooded the Mongolian camp and they drowned. Later, when the wather was

gone, there were found bags with human ears in salt, which Mongolians

used to cut off their enemies. Nowadays, so called Štramberk ears, which are delicious gingerbreads in a

shape of ear, are one of the most popular sweets in Štramberk.

The Štramberk ears

The production of limestone in Štramberk dates back to medieval times, when people used to get the stone from more accessible places on hills Zámecký vrch and Skalky. The limestone quarry Kotouč was founded in 1880 by brothers Guttmann‘s company in Vienna. They also built a railway from Štramberk to Studénka. Soon after its beginning, Kotouč became the biggest quary in Austria-Hungary.

Kotouč

495 m n.m.

Štramberk timbered housescultural monument of vernacular architecture „Živý skanzen“ became urban

monument preservation area

Some of the houses have two parts, both consist of a hall, a living room and a pantry. The other houses have a bigger pantry, more living rooms and cowsheds. Many of saddle roofs of the houses are covered with shingle. 

The timbered houses are built on rocky slopes where Wallahian shepherds settled in 15th century.

People used to built the timbered houses on stone base walls of various height with cowsheds inside it.

The square and the brewery

Museum of Zdeněk Burian• world-famous painter inspired by primeval times• he spent part of his life in Štramberk• the museum was opened in 1992

Botanical garden with arboretum was founded in 1996 in an old limestone quarry and its surroundings

• currently, the botanical garden has a collection of more than 1200 kinds of plants

•Žije zde ropucha obecná, ropucha zelená, rosnička zelená, kuňka žlutobřichá, čolek obecný a čolek velký.

•saranče modrokřídlé, svižník polní, sou-mračník skořicový, suchomilka bělavá, bělozubka šedá, plch lesní, dlask tlustozobý

• more than 1100 butterfly species were found in the area of the botanical garden and arboretum so far

Parnassius apollo

National orchard on Kotouč

The gallery of statues and memorials of our eminent personalities

Beautiful views of Štramberk

National Natural Memorial Šipka – opened on 6th August 1922

We have

seen all this…

….and enjoyed it

very much!

Written in 2010 by Mgr. Jitka Polášková ,ZŠ Hladké Životice