Dolny Kubin
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Žilinský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Dolny Kubin | ||
| Region : | Orava | ||
| Area : | 55.054 km² | ||
| Residents : | 18,665 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 339 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 468 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 026 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 44 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 13 ' N , 19 ° 18' E | ||
| License plate : | DK | ||
| Kód obce : | 509540 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Urban area structure: | 9 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ján Prílepok | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Dolný Kubín Hviezdoslavove námestie 1651 02601 Dolný Kubín |
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| Website: | www.dolnykubin.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Dolný Kubín (German Unterkubin , Hungarian Alsókubin ) is a city in northern Slovakia with 18,665 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is the center of the Orava region and the capital of the Okres of the same name .
geography
location
Dolný Kubín is located in northern Slovakia, about 40 kilometers from the border with Poland , on the lower reaches of the Orava River , about 20 kilometers from its confluence with the Váh . The city itself is located in the Oravská vrchovina mountain range and is surrounded by several mountains, namely the Oravská Magura in the north, the Chočské vrchy in the south and the Little Fatra in the west. In the urban area, the Leštinský potok on the left , the Jelšava on the right and other tributaries flow into the Orava. The height in the city center is 468 m nm and the highest point is the 1394 m nm high Minčol on the Kubínska hoľa ridge north of the city. The urban area is little more than 55 km². Dolný Kubín is 18 kilometers from Ružomberok , 53 kilometers from Žilina , 206 kilometers from Košice and 263 kilometers from Bratislava .
Districts
The city consists of the following districts:
- Beňova Lehota (incorporated in 1971)
- Dolny Kubin
- Kňažia (incorporated in 1973)
- Malý Bysterec (incorporated in 1949)
- Medzihradné (incorporated in 1949)
- Mokraď (incorporated in 1971)
- Srňacie (incorporated in 1971)
- Veľký Bysterec (incorporated in 1949)
- Záskalie (incorporated in 1949)
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities of Dolny Kubin are Hruštín the north, Oravský Podzámok , Medzibrodie nad Oravou and Bziny in the Northeast, Pucov and Pokryváč the east, Osádka and Leštiny the southeast, Vyšný Kubín in the south, Oravská Poruba in the southwest, Veličná in the west and Zázrivá in the northwest.
history
Finds from the Late Bronze Age, primarily from the Lusatian culture, date from before the Common Era .
The area around the town was first mentioned in writing as Kublen in 1314 , and in 1325 the neighboring town of Vyšný Kubín ( Oberkubin ) is mentioned in a document , so Dolný Kubín is assumed to exist at the same time. In 1381 a border dispute between the residents of Dolný Kubín and Vyšný Kubín is reported. Until the 17th century Dolný Kubín was a simple agricultural village in the dominion of the Arwaburg , so it had only about ten inhabited settlements between 1567 and 1578. 34 houses were calculated in a tax register. In 1632 the town was granted city rights as an oppidum , and in 1633 market rights were added . Dolný Kubín finally became the seat of Arwa County in 1683 , but in the same year it was devastated by a Polish-Lithuanian army. Dolný Kubín was only able to recover and develop economically in the 18th century. In 1715, tailors and shoemakers' guilds were founded. In 1828 there were 149 houses and 1,291 inhabitants in the city who were employed in the cheese, linen and liquor trade, among other things. In the 19th century it was a center of Slovak national literature, among other things the writer Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav worked and died here .
Until 1918 the city belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. Even in the first Czechoslovak Republic, Dolný Kubín retained the status of the cultural and economic center of the Orava, but in 1923 it only became a district town after the old counties had been abolished. The town had a power station, mill, saw, and bakery, but suffered from high unemployment in the 1930s. During the Second World War, the residents helped with the preparations for the Slovak National Uprising . On April 6, 1945, the city was liberated by Soviet troops.
After the Second World War, the city developed in several directions; In 1949 the Slovak Electrotechnical Plant was established in the city.
Surname
According to the interpretation of the Slovak linguist Rudolf Krajčovič , the name of the town derives from the Slavic / Old Slovak word klubín , which means “a clearing covered by smoke from burnt roots and wood ”. Two places later emerged, the location of which is explained by the adjectives dolný (lower) and vyšný (upper). The name of the neighboring municipality Oravská Poruba indicates a similar foundation , as the word poruba reminds of a forest clearing.
population
According to the 2011 census, Dolný Kubín had 19,633 inhabitants, including 17,848 Slovaks , 142 Czechs , 34 Poles , 31 Roma , 20 Magyars , 14 Ukrainians and 12 Moravians . A total of 59 residents indicated a different ethnic group and 1,473 residents gave no information about the ethnic group .
11,369 residents committed to the Roman Catholic Church , 2,764 residents to the Evangelical Church AB , 81 residents to the Greek Catholic Church , 33 residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church , 23 residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses , 19 residents to the Orthodox Church and 17 residents to the Brethren; a total of 114 residents professed a different denomination. 2,693 inhabitants had no denomination and the denomination was not determined for 2,520 inhabitants.
Buildings
The city center extends on the left bank of the Orava around Hviezdoslav Square ( Hviezdoslavovo námestie in Slovak ).
The Roman Catholic Katharinenkirche (Slovak Kostol svätej Kataríny ) was built in the 14th century as a Gothic church and received its current neo-Gothic appearance in the 1880s after a renovation. The Protestant church is also built in neo-Gothic style and was built in 1893 after the older Tolerance Church fell victim to a fire.
The two-story county house, built in the 17th century, now houses the Orava Gallery ( Oravská galéria in Slovak ). The town hall was built in 1879 for a financial institution and came into the possession of the city even before the First World War. The building of the Čaplovič library, named after the Slovak archivist Vavrinec Čaplovič , once housed his book collection and is now the seat of the Hviezdoslav Museum. Other noteworthy buildings are the Hviezdoslav House, the building of the former synagogue and the PO Hviezdoslav High School. The wooden colonnade bridge over the Orava is also worth seeing.
Since 1954 the Slovak poetry and prose competition Hviezdoslavov Kubín has been held every year in Dolný Kubín .
economy
Located in the North Rhine-Westphalia Stolberg (Rhineland). Based company Prymetall built in the industrial park of Dolny Kubin a new distribution and slitting center.
traffic
The 1st order road 59 ( Banská Bystrica - Polish border near Trstená ) runs through the eastern edge of the city , completely congruent with the E 77 ( Budapest - Danzig ). Road No. 70 leads to the west and provides a direct connection to Žilina.
The Kraľovany – Suchá Hora railway line passes through the city, with the Dolný Kubín train station on Staničná street near the city center and the Dolný Kubín zastávka stop in the Veľký Bysterec district. The former also has the city's bus station.
Town twinning
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Eger , Hungary -
Kamianets-Podilskyj , Ukraine -
Limanowa , Poland -
Pelhřimov , Czech Republic -
Svendborg , Denmark -
Truskavets , Ukraine
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Zawiercie , Poland
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Żywiec , Poland
Personalities
- Jaroslav Babušiak (* 1984), ski racer
- Martin Bajčičák (* 1976), cross-country skier
- Marián Dávidík (* 1977), orienteer
- Martina Halinárová (* 1973), biathlete
- Ján Johanides , writer
- Zdenko Kaprálik (* 1985), football player
- Matúš Kozáčik (* 1983), football player
- Janko Matúška (1821–1877), poet, place of birth and death
- Miroslav Mikolášik (* 1952), politician
- Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé , poet
- Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849–1921), poet, worked and died in Dolný Kubín
- Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovecz (1759–1833), musician and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ História mesta , dolnykubin.sk, accessed on November 20, 2016
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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.
