Bojnice
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Prievidza | ||
| Region : | Horná Nitra | ||
| Area : | 19.924 km² | ||
| Residents : | 4,992 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 251 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 298 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 972 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 46 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 47 ' N , 18 ° 35' E | ||
| License plate : | PD | ||
| Kód obce : | 513903 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Urban area structure: | 4 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | František Tám | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Bojnice Sládkovičova 1 97201 Bojnice |
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| Website: | www.bojnice.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Bojnice (German Weinitz , Hungarian Bajmóc ) is a small town in Slovakia near the Nitra River , west of the city of Prievidza .
General
Bojnice was first mentioned in writing in 1113. It is divided into the districts:
Bojnice is best known for the oldest zoo and the most visited castle in Slovakia, Bojnice Castle . Due to the medicinal springs , Bojnice is a health resort . The thermal water is mainly used for diseases of the locomotor system and nervous diseases. The actual city lies below the castle built on a travertine rock.
View of Bojnice - Prievidza in the background
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Attractions
See: List of listed objects in Bojnice
Town twinning
Sister cities are:
sons and daughters of the town
- Yvetta Blanarovičová (born 1963), actress
- Miroslava Federer -Vavrinec (* 1978), former tennis player and wife of Roger Federer
- Antonia Liskova (* 1977), actress and model
- Miloslav Mečíř (* 1964), tennis player
- Ľuboš Pisár (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Andrej Sekera (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Magdaléna Štrompachová (1919–1988), was a painter, restorer of paintings and sculptures
- Ludwig Strompach (1923–2009) was a painter and restorer of paintings and sculptures.
- Zuzana Zlochová (* 1990), tennis player
- Denis Myšák (* 1995), canoeist
See also
Web links
Commons : Bojnice - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Bojnice Spa ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 12, 2012
