Strážný (until 1955 Kunžvart; German: Kuschwarda) is a market town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Strážný consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] Strážný is located about 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Prachatice and 55 km (34 mi) west of České Budějovice, on the border with Germany.

For 200 years it served to protect an important trade route and border of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

The new village grew rapidly and already in 1833, the international road from Prague to Passau passed through here and one of the first bus lines in the country was in operation.

It is located below the top of the Strážný mountain in an altitude of 1,033 metres (3,389 ft), which makes it one of the highest placed castles in the country.