Stramberk is a very small city located in the Moravian-Silesian hills in the east of the Czech republic, not far from the border to Poland. First mentioned in 1211, it received city privileges in 1359. Stramberk is a pristine, beautiful village surrounded by forests, with gabled wooden cottages and a picturesque main square. The Stramberk castle with its cylindrical Truba tower lies on a hilltop above the city.