The town – Strakonice can be found on the confluence of the gold-bearing Otava River and the Volyňka River. Today Strakonice is with its 24.000 residents the fourth largest town of South Bohemia. It is situated about 60 kilometres from the town České Budějovice, 80 kilometres from the town Plzeň and 110 kilometres from the capital city Prague.
The town has 8 parts (Strakonice I, Strakonice II, Přední Ptákovice, Modlešovice, Virt, Hajská, Střela, Dražejov) and the area of 3468 hectares.
Basic geographical facts:
latitude 49°16´ north of the Equator
longitude 13°53´ east of the zero Meridian
elevation 390 - 430 metres about sea-level
The coast-of-arms
It was granted to the town in 1525. In the blue coat-of-arms there is a silver fortification wall with 2 embrasures on both sides. Between them there is a battlemented gate with a golden lattice. Above it you can see a silver tower with 2 battlements and 2 windows and a red roof with 2 cupolas on the top. On both sides of the tower there is a little red emblem. The right emblem has a silver cross in the middle and on the left one there is the silver Landštejn rose with a golden middle and green calyx leaves.
The town flag
The privilege to use the town flag was granted in 1992. The flag reflects the historical role of the Bavor noble family ruling the town from 1235 to 1402 and the Knights of St. John Order (Maltese Knights) connected with the town from 1402 up to 1925.
It is an oblong divided diagonally into two triangles, the upper red part with the Bavor arrow and the lower yellow part with the Maltese cross. The rate of length to breadth is 3:2.
The town Strakonice has a partnership with the following towns:
Bad Salzungen – a town in Germany – Durynsko region
Ijsselstein – a town in the Utrecht region in The Netherlands
Lengnau – a town in the Bern region in Switzerland
The County od Calderdale in Great Britain