Bánovce nad Bebravou
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Bánovce nad Bebravou | ||
| Region : | Horná Nitra | ||
| Area : | 26.459 km² | ||
| Residents : | 17,750 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 671 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 216 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 957 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 38 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 43 ' N , 18 ° 16' E | ||
| License plate : | BN | ||
| Kód obce : | 542652 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Urban area structure: | 5 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Rudolfa Novotná | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Bánovce nad Bebravou Námestie Ľ. Štúra 95701 Bánovce nad Bebravou |
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| Website: | www.banovce.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Bánovce nad Bebravou (German Banowitz , Hungarian Bán ) is a town in Slovakia on the Bebrava River .
history
The city was built on the site of an old settlement (later Bronze Age ). The first written mention of the city comes from the year 1234. In the Middle Ages it became an important center of handicraft production: shoemakers, joiners, blacksmiths, butchers, weavers, etc. At the beginning of the 17th century the first elementary school was opened.
Attractions
See also: List of listed objects in Bánovce nad Bebravou
The Roman Catholic Church dominates the city center of Bánovce nad Bebravou. From 1924 until the end of the war in 1945, Jozef Tiso was pastor of Banovce and also traveled every Sunday from Bratislava in a special railcar to the Sunday mass during his tenure as Prime Minister and later President of the First Slovak Republic .
Industry
In the fall of 2005 the company LKW Components sro was founded. At present (end of 2008) around 320 people are employed to manufacture parts for MAN . In the automotive sector, the Hella Group is also represented with a production site for rear lights in the city. Even Fritz Meier operates a plant for welding components and booths in Bánovce nad Bebravou. The German shirt and blouse manufacturer Eterna Mode GmbH , based in Passau , employs 706 people in the city.
Districts
The municipality consists of the following parts of the municipality:
- Bánovce nad Bebravou (town)
- Biskupice (incorporated in 1971)
- Dolné Ozorovce (incorporated in 1960)
- Horné Ozorovce (incorporated in 1971)
- Malé Chlievany (incorporated in 1971)
Daughters and sons of the city
- Jozef Forgáč (1904–1966), SDB , Catholic priest , provincial , youth chaplain and missionary ( Chile , Argentina ).
- Roman Broniš (* 1976), racing cyclist
- Slávka Zámečníková (* 1991), opera singer
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fritz Meier Banovce on www.fritzmeier.de , accessed on 10 March 2018
- ↑ KUBANOVIČ, Zlatko: Historický náhľad do dejín slovenských saleziánov (Od dona Bosca do roku 1924) . Bratislava: Don Bosco, 2019. ISBN 978-80-8074-436-6 . Pp. 237-238.