Šternberk

See also: Šternberk (disambiguation) and Sternberg (disambiguation)

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Šternberk
Town
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Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Olomouc
District	Olomouc
Commune	Šternberk
River	Sitka, Grygava
Elevation	268 m (879 ft)
Coordinates
Area	48.79 km2 (18.84 sq mi)
Population	14,060 (2006-07-03)
Density	288 / km2 (746 / sq mi)
First mentioned	1269
Mayor	Stanislav Orság
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	050 32 - 785 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Šternberk
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.sternberk.cz

Šternberk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛrnbɛrk]; German: (Mährisch-)Sternberg) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has c. 14,000 inhabitants.

History

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.

File:Sternberg 1882 10kr Šternberk.jpg

Austrian KK 10 kreuzer, cancelled Sternberg in 1882

Until 1918, Sternberg in Mähren (simply Sternberg until the end of the 19th century) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.

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. In Czech, the town is known as Šternberk.

Views

• Sternberg - city center.jpg

  Main square

• Sternberg-2008-05-24-HlavniNamesti.JPG

  Main square

• CZ Sternberg - Castle 3.jpg

  Šternberk Castle

• Sternberg-2008-05-24-Kostel-UpravenaPerspektiva.JPG

  Church of the Annunciation and Marian plague column (1719)

Notable people from Šternberk

• Hana Maciuchová (born 1945), actress
• Jana Doleželová (born 1981), Miss Czech Republic 2004
• Adolf Duda (1878–1940), Austrian politician (de)
• Ondřej Fiala (born 1987), ice hockey player
• Oscar Gelbfuhs (1852–1877), chess player
• Adriana Gerši (born 1976), professional tennis player
• Robert Hock (born 1973), German ice hockey player (de)
• Jiří Kořalka (born 1931), Czech historian
• David Krejčí (born 1986), ice hockey player, Boston Bruins forward
• Some Liechtenstein family members
  • Princess Maria Eleonore Elisabeth Johanna von Liechtenstein (1937, Mährisch-Sternberg - 2002, Bruderholz)
  • Prince Eugen Hartmann Johannes Franz Maria von Liechtenstein (born ?, Mährisch-Sternberg - 1939)
  • Prince Albrecht Johannes Géza Augustinus Wilhelm Maria von Liechtenstein, Freiherr von Landskron (born ?, Mährisch-Sternberg - 1940)
  • Princess Barbara Eleonora Marie von Liechtenstein
• David Rozehnal (born 1980), Czech footballer
• Vincy Schwarz (1902–1942), German-Czech publisher, translator
• Patrik Siegl (born 1976), football player
• Petr Vrána (born 1985), ice hockey player
• Tomáš Žižka (born 1979), ice hockey player

External links

• Municipal website (Czech)