Kryry () is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.
Administrative division Kryry consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Kryry (1,842) Běsno (117) Stebno (139) Strojetice (202)
Stebno forms an exclave of the municipal territory.
Etymology The name is derived from a Polish word for 'scream', 'shout', 'caw'.
Geography Kryry is located about southwest of Louny, north of Plzeň, and west of Prague. It lies in the Rakovník Uplands. The highest point is below the top of the hill Hůrka at above sea level. The Blšanka River flows through the town.
History The first written mention of Kryry is from 1320. During the Hussite Wars in 1421, the Czech population was murdered by crusaders and the village became ethnically German. The German-speaking population was expelled after World War II.
Demographics
Transport The I/6 road (part of the European route E48), which replaces here the unfinished section of the D6 motorway, runs through the Stebno exclave.
Kryry is located on the railway line Plzeň–Most.
Sights
The most significant monument is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. It was built around 1324, and in 1722 it was rebuilt in the Baroque style.
The Schiller Observation Tower was built on a hill above the town in 1905–1906. It was named after the writer Friedrich Schiller, on the centenary of his death.
Notable people Günther Landgraf (1928–2006), German physicist
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