Strání is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.
Strání consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name is derived from the Czech word stráně (i.e. 'slopes').
The highest point of Strání and of the entire White Carpathians is the mountain Velká Javořina at 970 m (3,180 ft) above sea level, whose peak is located on the Czech-Slovak border.
The built-up area is situated in the valley of the Klanečnice Stream, which originates in the hills in the western part of the municipality.
[7] At the end of 2023, the operator was forced to stop production and lay off most of the employees due to the increase in energy prices and reduced competitiveness.
The I/54 road connects Brno with this border crossing and then continues to Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
The original parish church was first commissioned by Prince Wenceslaus von Liechtenstein in 1749. and was built with material taken from the ruins of a fortress.
[10] In Leoš Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen, the priest moves to Strání, expressing the hope that life will be better there.