Háj (Turčianske Teplice)

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Háj (Slovakia)
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Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Turčianske Teplice
Region : Turiec
Area : 9.332 km²
Residents : 483 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 52 inhabitants per km²
Height : 509  m nm
Postal code : 039 01
Telephone code : 0 43
Geographic location : 48 ° 52 '  N , 18 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '49 "  N , 18 ° 53' 11"  E
License plate : TR
Kód obce : 512265
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Erika Herčúthová
Address: Obecný úrad Háj
č. 176
039 01 Turčianske Teplice
Website: www.obechaj.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Háj (German Häu , Hungarian Turócliget - until 1907 Háj ) is a municipality in the north-center of Slovakia with 483 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in the Okres Turčianske Teplice , part of the Žilinský kraj .

geography

View of the place and the surrounding landscape

The community is located in the southern part of the Turzbeckens the stream Smolický brook and below the Great Fatra . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 508  m nm and is two kilometers from Turčianske Teplice and 28 kilometers from Martin .

The municipality of Háj borders on Rakša in the north and east, Čremošné in the southeast and Turčianske Teplice in the south and west (districts Dolná Štubňa , Turčianske Teplice and Diviaky).

history

In the Hallstatt period there was a burial ground in the municipality , later a settlement of the Puchau culture and a Slavic settlement from the 11th – 12th centuries. Century. The place itself was first mentioned as a shark in 1264 and derives its name from the Slavic / Slovak name for a grove . In 1340 comes Mocsko received the village from the Hungarian king, which finally belonged to the Hájsky family until 1493 and was the seat of a small estate. After the family died in 1535, after years of fighting, Háj came into the possession of the city of Kremnica . In 1496 there were ponds around the place, later a brewery. In 1828 there were 92 houses and 637 inhabitants who were employed in agriculture and as carters, bricklayers and carpenters.

The place in Turz County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.

population

According to the 2011 census, 464 people lived in Háj, of which 449 were Slovaks and one German and one Czech; one resident was of a different ethnicity. 12 residents did not provide any information. 260 residents supported the Evangelical Church AB, 111 residents the Roman Catholic Church, seven residents the Greek Catholic Church and one resident of the Reformed Church; one resident was of a different denomination. 44 residents had no denomination and 40 residents had no denomination.

Results after the 2001 census (485 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

  • 99.18% Slovaks
  • 0.62% Czechs
  • 0.21% German

By denomination:

  • 62.27% Protestant
  • 28.04% Roman Catholic
  • 7.22% non-denominational
  • 2.27% no answer

Buildings

  • Roman Catholic Church of Cosmas and Damian from 1454, originally in Gothic style, rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • Former parsonage in Baroque style from 1764, significantly rebuilt in the 20th century and today the location of the local kindergarten
  • Protestant church in the baroque-classical style from the years 1819–1821
See also:  List of listed objects in Háj

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / slovak.statistics.sk
  2. 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)

Web links

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