Skryje (Rakovník District)

Skryje
Village
Skryje
Coordinates: 49°57′51.45″N 13°46′01.84″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
Little District	Rakovník
First record	1239
Area
• Total	15.03 km2 (5.80 sq mi)
Elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
Population  (2006-08-28)
• Total	169
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Postal code	270 42
Website	www.balkan-obce.cz/skryje

Skryje is a village in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies upon the Berounka River, some 50 km (30 mi) to the west from the country capital Prague.

This little village became famous when French geologist Joachim Barrande discovered rich fossil deposits of Silurian fauna (namely trilobites) in the close surroundings of this village, when he was surveying the terrain for a horse-pulled railroad in 1840–1850. Today there's a small museum in the Municipal Office building showing some of his finds.

Church in Skryje

Resources

• Czech Statistical Office (2005), Skryje, retrieved 2007-03-18
• This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia.