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D1 Motorway (Slovakia)
D1 motorway is an east-west motorway () in Slovakia. The D1 motorway is the oldest, longest and busiest motorway in Slovakia, which is connects Bratislava with Trnava, Trenčín, Žilina, Martin, Poprad, Prešov, Košice to the Slovak- Ukrainian border (border crossing with Uzhhorod), where it is connected to the Ukrainian road M08. It is part of the European roads E50, E58, E75, E442, E571 and of the V.A Pan-European corridor (Trieste) - Bratislava - Žilina - Košice - Uzhhorod - Lviv. With the exception of sections in Bratislava, a vignette is required to use the motorway. The motorway has been under construction since 1972 and by 2023, 395.9 km of the total planned length of 512.4 km were operational. Despite the various completion dates set in the past (1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 or 2013), the full length will not be passable until 2040 at the earliest. The construction of the motorway is particularly challenging in the hilly terrain between Žilina and Ružomberok. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D2-SVK-2020
D, or d, is the fourth Letter (alphabet), letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''dee'' (pronounced ), plural ''dees''. History The Semitic languages, Semitic letter Daleth, Dāleth may have developed from the logogram for a fish or a door. There are many different Egyptian hieroglyphs that might have inspired this. In Semitic, Ancient Greek and Latin, the letter represented ; in the Etruscan alphabet the letter was archaic but still retained. The equivalent Greek letter is delta, Delta (letter), Δ. The lower case, minuscule (lower-case) form of 'd' consists of a lower-story left Typeface anatomy#Strokes, bowl and a Typeface anatomy#Strokes, stem ascender. It most likely developed by gradual variations on the upper case, majuscule (capital) form 'D', and is now composed as a stem with a full Typeface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorway D3 (Slovakia)
D3 motorway () (formerly ''D18''), sometimes called the Kysuce Motorway, is a motorway in northern Slovakia. Initially, it is supposed to be only a two-lane motorway in the Svrčinovec - Slovak/Polish border section, and four-lane motorway in the remaining Hričovské Podhradie - Čadca section. The D3 motorway is part of the main route of the 6th Pan-European corridor and it lies on these E-roads: E50, E75 and E442. When completed, it will become the third longest Slovak motorway. The construction of the D3 motorway is extremely technically demanding as it takes place in the mountainous terrain of northern Slovakia. There are a total of four tunnels on the D3 motorway with a total length of slightly more than . Currently, three of these four tunnels are in operation in a half profile, the Horelica tunnel (605 m), the Poľana tunnel (898 m), the Svrčinovec tunnel (420 m) and one tunnel in a full profile, the Považský Chlmec tunnel (2,249 m) It starts at the motorway junct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway M08 (Ukraine)
Highway M08 is the shortest Ukraine international highway. It serves as a loop route bypassing the city of Uzhhorod on the northern (mountainous) side. It is part of European routes E50 and E58. It starts at a split of European routes E50 and E573 (village of Baranyntsi, Uzhhorod Raion) and ends at the Uzhhorod border checkpoint, which is located at vulytsia Sobranetska in Uzhhorod. Across the Slovak border, it continues as Slovakian Road I/19. Route See also * Roads in Ukraine * Ukraine Highways * International E-road network * Pan-European corridors The ten Pan-European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were ... * :sk:Cesta I. triedy 50 (Slovensko) References External links National Roads in Ukrainein Russian in Russian Roads in Zakarpattia Oblast European route E50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Košické Oľšany
Košické Oľšany (; ) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1288 when a part of the village belonged to Slanec Lords, and the other part to Krásna nad Hornádom's Benedictine abbey. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 202 metres and covers an area of 8.669 km2. It has a population of about 1140 people. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1734-1895 (parish A) * Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1773-1905 (parish B) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1749-1894 (parish B) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prešov
Prešov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region () and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city in eastern Slovakia and the List of cities and towns in Slovakia, third-largest city in all of Slovakia, after the nearby city of Košice. It belongs to the :sk:Košicko-prešovská aglomerácia, Košice-Prešov agglomeration and is the natural cultural, economic, transport and administrative center of the Prešov Region. It lends its name to the Eperjes-Tokaj Hill-Chain which was considered as the geographic entity on the first map of Hungary from 1528. There are many tourist attractions in Prešov such as castles (e.g. Šariš Castle), pools and the old town. Etymology The first written mention is from 1247 (). Several authors derived the name from Hungarian language, Hungarian (strawberry). Other alternative names of the city include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R4 Expressway (Slovakia)
R4 expressway () is an expressway in the north–south direction in eastern Slovakia. Initially planned to be completed in 2023, the completed long expressway will connect the state border of Poland to the border with Hungary, passing Svidník, Prešov and Košice. On the Polish side, the R4 will be connected to the S19 expressway; on the Hungarian side, to the M30 motorway. The section between Prešov and Košické Oľšany is shared with D1, and sections between Košické Oľšany and Haniska with R2. The road is part of the proposed Via Carpatia route. Chronology This corridor was initially included in the expressway network and thus also in the construction plans as early as 1963, by the resolution of the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic No. 286/1963. At that time, it was included as a combination of the motorway No. 73 in the section from Vyšný Komárnik to Prešov, and the motorway No. 68 in the section from Košice to the border with Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ružomberok
Ružomberok (; ; ; ) is a town in northern Slovakia, in the historical Liptov region. It has a population of approximately 27,000. Etymology The name of the initial settlement located on today's Makovický street was ''Revúca'' ( Slovak "roaring", derived from the Revúca river). In its neighborhood, German colonists build a new settlement ''Rosenberg'' named after wild roses growing in the area. This name was later adopted by Slovaks as ''Ružomberok''. Geography It is situated at the westernmost reaches of the Sub-Tatra Basin, more exactly its subdivision Liptov Basin, surrounded by the mountain ranges of Chočské vrchy, Greater Fatra and Low Tatras. Rivers flowing through the town are Váh, from east to west, Revúca, a left tributary from the south, on the way to Banská Bystrica and ''Likavka'' brook from the north, on the way to Dolný Kubín. The town is located around 65 km from Žilina, 190 km from Košice and 260 km from Bratislava (by road). Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likavka
Likavka is a village and municipality in Ružomberok District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1315. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 520 metres and covers an area of 18.261 km². It has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ... of about 3032 people. External links *http://www.likavka.sk/ Official homepage *https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Ružomberok District {{Žilina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin, Slovakia
Martin (; until 1951 ''Turčiansky Svätý Martin'', , German: ''Turz-Sankt Martin'', Latin: ''Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis'') is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec river, between the Malá Fatra and Veľká Fatra mountains, near the city of Žilina. The population numbers approximately 54,000, which makes it the ninth-largest city in Slovakia. It is the center of the Turiec region and the District of Martin. History From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The first recorded reference to Martin in written sources is dated to 1284 under the name of ''Vila Sancti Martini''. In the turbulent 15th century, Martin suffered from many disasters, for example from the attack of the Hussites in 1433, when the town was burned down. Just ten years later, it was destroyed again by an earthquake and Martin started to be slowly degraded from royal to the privileged town and under direct influence of the Révay family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
