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Zvolen
Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the West and by Javorie and Štiavnické vrchy from the South. The population numbers approximately 40,000, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in Slovakia by population, thirteenth by size. It is the center of the Podpoľanie historical region and the seat of a county ( Zvolen District). It is also an important transportation hub in Slovakia, being one of the four central train stations in Slovakia (others are Bratislava, Košice and Žilina). Etymology The name is of Slovak (Slavic) origin meaning "the chosen one, splendid, excellent". The Hungarian ' and the German ' were derived from the Latinized form ' (earliest mention 1135). An adjective "Old" (, , ) distinguish Zvolen from Banská Bystrica (). History Zvolen has been inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvolen Castle
Zvolen Castle ( or incorrectly , Hungarian: ''Zólyomi vár'') is a medieval castle located on a hill near the center of Zvolen, in central Slovakia. The original seat of the region was above the confluence of Slatina and Hron rivers on a steep cliff in a castle from the 12th century, known today as Pustý hrad (meaning "Deserted castle"). Its difficult access had consequence in relocation of the seat to the new-built Zvolen castle, which was ordered by Louis I the Great as a hunting residence. The future queen regnant Mary of Anjou and emperor Sigismund celebrated their wedding there in 1385. Gothic architecture of the castle built between 1360 and 1382 was inspired by Italian castles of the fourteenth century. Italian masons also contributed to a Renaissance reconstruction in 1548. The last major reconstruction occurred in 1784, when the chapel was rebuilt into the Baroque style. Zvolen Castle hosts a regional branch of the Slovak National Gallery with an exposition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvolen District
Zvolen District (''okres Zvolen'') is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the present-day district belonged to the Zvolen county, apart from Lešť in the south-west which was part of the county of Gemer a Malohont. Municipalities * Babiná * Bacúrov * Breziny * Budča * Bzovská Lehôtka * Dobrá Niva * Dubové * Hronská Breznica * Kováčová * Lešť * Lieskovec * Lukavica * Michalková * Očová * Ostrá Lúka * Pliešovce * Podzámčok * Sása * Sielnica *Sliač * Tŕnie * Turová * Veľká Lúka *Zvolen Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the ... * Zvolenská Slatina * Železná Breznica References 1918 establishments in Czechoslovakia Districts of Banská Bystrica Region {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pustý Hrad
Pustý hrad () is a castle whose ruins are located on a forested hill in the southern part of Zvolen in central Slovakia. With an area of 76,000 m² it is arguably one of the largest Castle#Medieval European castles, medieval castles in Europe. The original name was Zvolen Castle or Old Zvolen (); ''Pustý hrad'' (meaning "deserted castle") is a much later name used to distinguish the ruin from the present-day Zvolen Castle. Pustý hrad consists of two parts, the Upper Castle and the Lower Castle. The strategic hill site upon the river Hron attracted settlers as early as the late Stone Age (Baden culture). A stone-earth wall discovered in 2009 under the western line of medieval fortification included shreds of pottery from the late Stone Age inside its filling. Research carried out at the Upper Castle in 1992–2008 by Václav Hanuliak also identified stone walls built during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Excavations have unearthed many precious prehistoric artifacts, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With approximately 76,000 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia. The present-day town was founded by Carpathian Germans, German settlers, invited by the Hungarian Árpád-kings, during the Middle Ages (as part of the ''Ostsiedlung''), however it was built upon a former Slavs, Slavic/Slovaks, Slovakian/Pannonian Avars, Avar settlement. It became a part of Zolyom county after the Hungarian conquest. During the reign of Béla IV of Hungary it obtained the municipal privileges of a free royal town of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Kingdom of Hungary in 1255 and resettled with Germans from Thüringen. The Copper extraction techniques, copper mining town acquired its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banská Bystrica Region
The Banská Bystrica Region (, ; , ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest of the eight regions by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystrica Region was established in 1923; its borders were last adjusted in 1996. Banská Bystrica consists of 514 municipalities, 24 of which have town status. Its administrative center is the eponymous town of Banská Bystrica, which is also the region's largest town. Other important towns are Zvolen and Lučenec. Geography It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km2. The region is prevailingly mountainous, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras in the north, where the highest point, Ďumbier, is located. Some of the mountain ranges in the west include Kremnica Mountains, Vtáčnik and Štiavnica Mountains. The Javorie and Krupina Plain ranges are located in the centre. The Slovak Ore Mountains are runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slatina River (Slovakia) . It is long and its basin size is .Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí HronaThe Slatina is a river in Slovakia. Its source is located in the mountain range Poľana, its mouth in Zvolen. It is a left tributary of the Hron The Hron (; ; ; ) is a long left tributary of the DanubeP ... p. 38 References Rivers of Slovakia {{Slovakia-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highways In Slovakia
Highways in Slovakia are divided into Controlled-access highway, motorways () and Limited-access road, expressways (). The majority of these dual carriageways are managed by the state-owned :sk:Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, National Motorway Company of Slovakia (NDS), established in 2005. The first modern highway in Slovakia should have been built in the 1930s. The planned motorway would have connected Prague with northern Slovakia. However, the construction of Slovak motorways did not begin until the 1970s. NDS currently manages and maintains 854 km (530 mi) of motorways and expressways. By the year 2030 the highway network Slovakia will be around 1,904 km. Speed limits History Motorways Before the Second World War The first informal plan for a motorway (first called in Czechoslovak ''autostráda'' or ''dálková cesta'') in Czechoslovakia date back to 1935. This was to link Prague through Slovakia with the easternmost Czechoslovak territor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. From the late 6th century, parts of modern Slovakia were incorporated into the Pannonian Avars, Avar Khaghanate. In the 7th century, the Slavs played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. When the Avar Khaghanate dissolved in the 9th century, the Slavs established the Principality of Nitra before it was annexed by the Great Moravia, Principality of Moravia, which later became Great Moravia. When Great Moravia fell in the 10th century, the territory was integrated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poľana Protected Landscape Area
Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area () is one of the Protected areas of Slovakia#Protected Landscape Areas, 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Poľana Mountains, part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains, in Central Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica, Brezno District, Brezno, Detva District, Detva, and Zvolen District, Zvolen districts. Poľana was declared a World Network of Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO biosphere reserve on 27 March 1990. A permanent research site was established in 1991 as part of the European LTER, Long-Term Ecosystem Research (eLTER) program. History The Protected Landscape Area was established on 12 August 1981, and the law was amended on 3 September 2004. Protected areas declared before include the national nature reserves of Badínsky prales Old Growth Forest (1913), Zadná Poľana (1953) and Boky (1964), and the nature monuments of Bátovský balvan Rock (1964) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Slovakia
The districts of Slovakia are administrative units known as in the Slovak language. It is a second-tier territorial administrative unit, below a Region () in standing, and superior to a municipality (). Each district contains at least several municipalities. The cities of Bratislava and Košice are the only cities in Slovakia divided into internal urban districts, with five in Bratislava, and four in Košice. These urban districts are then further divided into smaller boroughs (which serve a function analogous to municipalities in typical districts). All other districts are larger in size and also include rural areas, and rural as well as urban municipalities. Each of these more typical districts has an urban centre serving as the seat of the district, usually the largest town (or the only town) of a given district. Rural municipalities are not legally allowed to become district seats. Map of current Slovak districts Characteristics Several districts form a "region" (). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimír Maňka
Vladimír Maňka (born 19 September 1959) is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament (2004–2019) with the Direction, part of the Socialist Group. In parliament, Maňka sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets. He is a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In January 2017, Maňka was elected as quaestor of the European Parliament for two and a half years. His role as quaestor made him part of the Parliament's leadership under President Antonio Tajani. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Car Registration Plates
Vehicles registered in Slovakia were generally assigned to one of the districts (''okres'') and from 1997 until 2022, the license plate coding () generally consisted of seven characters and takes the form XX-NNNLL, where XX was a two letter code corresponding to the district, NNN was a three digit number and LL were two additional letters (assigned alphabetically). From January 2023, a new state-wide numbering scheme was introduced, preserving the same layout, but replacing the initial two-letter district code with arbitrary letters of the alphabet (assigned alphabetically, starting with AA). Other changes include new font and a smaller coat of arms. Appearance There are three design varieties that are in valid use. * Between 1 April 1997 and 30 April 2004, the plates contained the Coat of Arms of Slovakia in the top left corner and the country code SK in the bottom left. The two district identifiers were separated from the serials by a dash. * On 1 May 2004, Slovakia joined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
