Stropnice
Sign in to saveThe Stropnice () is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Malše River. It originates in Lower Austria, but quickly leaves the territory of Austria and flows further through the South Bohemian Region. It is long.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Moorbad Harbach
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Terčino-údolí-Nové-Hrady-Údolí-32.jpg
- Length
- 58.377
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- Stropnice
- watershed area
- 402.4
- mouth of the watercourse
- Malše
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The Stropnice () is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Malše River. It originates in Lower Austria, but quickly leaves the territory of Austria and flows further through the South Bohemian Region. It is long.
==Etymology== The name is derived from the Slavic word strop. While in modern Czech the word means 'ceiling', its earlier meaning is unclear. According to one theory, it was the name given to the log on which the water wheel rested, and the name could reflect the presence of many watermills on the river. The settlements Stropnice (formerly a market town, today called Horní Stropnice), Dlouhá Stropnice (today part of Horní Stropnice) and Stropnice (today Dolní Stropnice, part of Římov) were named after the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stropnice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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