Bytča
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Žilinský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Bytča | ||
| Region : | Severné Považie | ||
| Area : | 43.168 km² | ||
| Residents : | 11,363 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 263 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 308 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 014 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 41 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 13 ' N , 18 ° 33' E | ||
| License plate : | BY | ||
| Kód obce : | 517461 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Urban area structure: | 7 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Miroslav Minárčik | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Bytča Námestie SR 1 01438 Bytča |
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| Website: | www.bytca.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Bytča ( Hungarian Nagybiccse ) is a city in north-western Slovakia .
location
Bytča is located at the confluence of the Petrovička brook with the Waag river in a small basin, surrounded by the Javorníky Mountains to the north and west and the Súľovské vrchy to the east and south. The city center is located at an altitude of 308 m nm and is 18 kilometers from Žilina and 185 kilometers from Bratislava .
history
The place was created in 1946 through the merger of the municipalities Malá Bytča , Veľká Bytča and Hliník nad Váhom (formerly also Hlinik ). Today the city consists of the following parts:
- Beňov (incorporated into Mikšová in 1898)
- Hliník nad Váhom
- Hrabové (incorporated in 1971)
- Malá Bytča (German Klein-Bitscha )
- Mikšová (incorporated in Malá Bytča in 1907)
- Pšurnovice (incorporated in 1971)
- Veľká Bytča (German Groß-Bitsch )
Cityscape
The most important building is the Bytča Castle of the Thurzo family , built in the Renaissance style between 1571 and 1574 , which was planned by the Italian master builder Kilian from Milan . It was built on the site of an earlier Gothic moated castle from the 13th century. The castle has a square plan with an inner courtyard and round towers ( rondels ) at the four corners.
For the wedding of his daughter in 1601 Georg Thurzo had a long rectangular wedding palace built on the model of Italian villas . The upper floor of the two-story wedding palace consists of a large room measuring 34.5 × 12.5 meters, which was used for wedding and funeral ceremonies. The building complex also includes administrative and farm buildings.
population
Results after the 2001 census (11,550 inhabitants):
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Town twinning
Personalities
- Adolf Hoffmann (1822–1909), Austrian physician
- Jozef Tiso (1887–1947), President of the First Slovak Republic , born in today's Veká Bytča district
