Liptovská Kokava

Liptovská Kokava (until 1927 Slovak "Kokava"; Hungarian Kokava ) is a municipality in the north of Slovakia with a population of 967 (December 31, 2019) that the Liptovský Mikuláš District , part of the kraj Žilinský heard and the traditional landscape Liptov is counted .

geography

The municipality is located in the eastern Liptov, in the Podtatranská kotlina basin , more precisely in the lower part of Liptovská kotlina below the western Tatras . The place is located on a 40 meter high alluvial cone of the Belá River to the west, and the Dovalovec stream flows to the east . The municipal area is almost 19.9 km², largely covered by brown forest soils and has included the 25.61 ha Machy nature reserve since 1965 . The center of the village lies at an altitude of 787 m nm and is nine kilometers from Liptovský Hrádok and 23 kilometers from Liptovský Mikuláš .

Neighboring municipalities are Pribylina in the west and north, Vysoké Tatry (cadastral municipality Štrbské Pleso ) in the northeast, Hybe in the east and south and Liptovský Hrádok (district Dovalovo ) in the southwest.

history

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1469 as Maly Dowal , as it was then called after it was spun off from the village of Dovalovo. Kokava belonged to the estate of the Liptovský Hrádok castle, but did not last long as it was destroyed again in the 1470s and for a long time was only a man named Wysnyedowalow . Only after the Wallachian colonization on the occasion of the landlords Balassa was the village re-established, mentioned in 1588 as Kokawa alias Nouadowallo and taxed at the rate of a porta in 1596 .

The first sacred building was a Simon and Judas wooden chapel, which was mentioned in the 17th century and was replaced by a church in 1825–1830. In 1828 there were 99 houses and 1,390 inhabitants who were carters, shepherds, woodcutters, coalers and workers in the local iron hammer. In 1879 almost the entire village burned down in a major fire, with the exception of the two churches and the Protestant school.

Until 1918, the place in Liptov County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. During World War II, residents participated in the Slovak National Uprising and there were several partisan troops nearby.

population

According to the 2011 census, Liptovská Kokava had 974 inhabitants, of whom 940 were Slovaks, three Czechs, two Magyars and one Moravian and one Ukrainian; one resident was of a different ethnicity. 26 residents did not provide any information. 753 residents committed themselves to the Evangelical Church AB, 120 residents to the Roman Catholic Church, three residents to the Greek Catholic Church and one resident each to the Brethren Church, the Baptists and the Jehovah's Witnesses; six residents were of other denominations. 39 inhabitants were without a denomination and the denomination was not determined for 50 inhabitants.

Results after the 2001 census (1090 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

99.27% Slovaks
0.55% Czechs
0.09% Magyars
0.09% Ukrainians

By denomination:

82.11% Protestant
12.66% Roman Catholic
3.39% non-denominational
0.92% no information
0.46% others
0.28% Greek Catholic

Buildings

Roman Catholic Simon and Judas Church in the classical style from the years 1825–1830
Protestant church in Neo-Romanesque style from 1923, after the architect Milan Michal Harminc built

Infrastructure and traffic

The basic infrastructure is well developed except for the lack of a cable television network, with existing water and gas pipes and sewerage with connection to a sewage treatment plant. The community runs a kindergarten as well as a primary school and there is a post office. Liptovská Kokava can be reached via a district road from Pribylina or Dovalovo (connection to national road 537); the nearest train station is in Liptovský Hrádok, ten kilometers away on the Žilina – Košice railway line .

Individual evidence

↑ 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@ 2
↑ 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)

Web links

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[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@ 2

[2] 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)