Jasenie

Jasenie (until 1927 Slovak also "Jasená"; Hungarian Jecenye - until 1888 Jaszena ) is a municipality in the center of Slovakia with 1167 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to the Okres Brezno , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj , and is part of the traditional Landscape Horehronie is counted.

geography

The municipality is located on the southern slope of the Low Tatras and in the valley landscape of Horehronské podolie by the Jasenský creek in the catchment area of the Hron . The almost 86.3 km² municipal area is larger than average and laid out roughly like an inverted triangle on a north-facing map: the “tip” is located in the village itself and across the heavily wooded valleys Jasenská dolina and Lomnistá dolina it widens to the main ridge of the Lower Tatra Mountains. The highest mountains in the municipality are the Chabenec ( 1955 m nm ), Ďurková ( 1751 m nm ), Zámostská hoľa ( 1645 m nm ), Latiborská hoľa ( 1643 m nm ) and Veľká hoľa ( 1640 m nm ). In addition, side ridges run up to the place, which reach heights of up to 1471 m nm (Struhár Mountain). The center of the village lies at an altitude of 504 m nm and is 18 kilometers from Brezno and 30 kilometers from Banská Bystrica .

To the south of the main town lies the Kramlište settlement , which is not part of the municipality.

The municipality of Jasenie borders on Liptovská Lúžna , Partizánska Ľupča , Dúbrava and Lazisko in the north, Dolná Lehota in the east, Predajná in the south, Nemecká in the south-west, Ráztoka in the west and Pohronský Bukovec and Brusno in the north-west.

history

Settlement of the municipality goes back to Roman times.

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in a document from King Sigismund in 1424 as Jechene ; possibly a settlement of the same name was mentioned as early as 1250. The name is derived from the Slovak word jaseň (German ash ). Jasenie was a mining village that belonged to the territory of Liptsch Castle ; Precious metals were mined here up to the 16th century, the mines were owned by the Neusohl entrepreneurs. From the 17th to the 19th century there was an iron hammer mill that belonged to the Bergkammer. In 1828 there were 102 houses and 785 residents who were employed as carters, shepherds and workers in local businesses, and in the 19th and 20th centuries crochet lace was widespread. There was a glassworks in Kramlište in the 19th century.

Until 1918 the place in Sohl County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or today Slovakia. A steam sawmill worked here in the interwar period. The inhabitants took part in the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) and there was brisk partisan activity in the valleys.

population

According to the 2011 census, 1171 inhabitants lived in Jasenie, of which 1123 were Slovaks, two Magyars and one each from Moravia, Roma and Czech. 43 residents gave no answer. 940 residents belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, 27 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, five residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church and one resident each to the Mormons, the Brethren Church, the Congregational Church and the Orthodox Church; three residents were of other denominations. 119 inhabitants had no denomination and the denomination of 73 inhabitants was not determined.

Results after the 2001 census (1116 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

99.64% Slovaks
0.27% Czechs

By denomination:

88.08% Roman Catholic
8.69% non-denominational
1.88% Protestant
1.34% no answer

Attractions

Roman Catholic St. Catherine's Church in baroque-classicist style from 1765
Baroque style bell tower from the 18th century
Chapel of Exaltation of the Cross in Kramlište from 1835
Bunker in the Lomnistá dolina valley

SNP memorial and plaque

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census by ethnicity (English)
↑ Census 2011 after confession (English) ( Memento of 12 November 2013, Internet Archive )

Web links

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] 2011 census by ethnicity (English)

[2] Census 2011 after confession (English) ( Memento of 12 November 2013, Internet Archive )