Strečno
Sign in to saveStrečno () is a village and municipality in the Žilina District in the Žilina Region in North Slovakia. It is located by the Váh River in the Malá Fatra Mts. Situated 7 km east from Žilina, Strečno is most famous for its gothic castle ruins.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Strečno
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Strečno, výhled z věže.jpg
- Slovak place.image_caption
- Strečno village viewed from Strečno Castle
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Strecno-zilina-flag.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Žilina District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Strečno in the Žilina Region##Location of Strečno in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1300
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 358
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 132 4
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 41
- Slovak place.registration_plate
- ZA
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Strečno
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Žilina District
- Population
- 2553
- Area
- 13.175256
- Elevation
- 358
- Body of water
- Váh
- Official website
- www.strecno.sk
- Image
- Obec strecno.jpg
- Dialing code
- 041
- Licence plate code
- ZA
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- Commons category
- Strečno
- postal code
- 013 24
- topic's main category
- Category:Strečno
- time of earliest written record
- 1321-00-00
- native label
- Strečno
- inception
- 1321-00-00
- P8168
- Დ/დ Ⴃ/ⴃ
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Encyclopedic overview
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Strečno () is a village and municipality in the Žilina District in the Žilina Region in North Slovakia. It is located by the Váh River in the Malá Fatra Mts. Situated 7 km east from Žilina, Strečno is most famous for its gothic castle ruins.
==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1300. The castle, built in the beginning 14th century by Matthew III Csák was destroyed in 1698.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Strečno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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