Kysuce Village Museum

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Kysuce Village Museum
Folk architecture from the Kysuce countryside

The Museum of the Kysuca village ( Slovak Múzeum kysuckej dediny ) is an open-air museum in the north of Slovakia . It is located in Nová Bystrica , Vychylovka district, about 44 kilometers from the town of Žilina . The museum endeavors to present the way of life of the Kysuce countryside , from the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is best known for its switchbacks - the Vychylovka forest railway , which in the past connected the Kysuce and Orava landscapes . It is currently the only functioning historical switchback forest railway in Europe.

Definition and history

The Kysuce Village Museum was opened in 1981. The exposition consists of 34 buildings - from different parts of Kysuce. The exhibition is in the administration of the Kysuce Museum in Čadca . The foundation stone was laid on October 11, 1974. Efforts to save the folk architecture of the area flooded by the Nová Bystrica dam , especially that of the former municipalities of Riečnica and Harvelka, helped to build the museum . The museum covers an area of ​​around 40 hectares and makes use of the diversity of the landscape. Before the actual construction of the museum, numerous researches into folk architecture in Okres Čadca were carried out in the 1950s. Most of the objects come from eastern Kysuce: Riečnica , Harvelka , Zborov nad Bystricou and Klubina .

Attractions

Chapel from Zborov nad Bystricou

The Chapel of the Virgin Mary of the Rosary ( Slovak Kaplnka Panny Márie Ružencovej ) originally stood in Zborov nad Bystricou. It dates from the first third of the 19th century. The building is made of bricks and covered with wooden shingles. The chapel consists of a tower and a nave , closed with a semicircular apse . There are two cast bells in the tower. The larger bell was cast by the bell ringer Kajetán Cajdl in Trnava in 1834 , the smaller one was produced in Trenčín in 1878 . The ceiling paintings in the interior are from a folk artist. At the side of the chapel there are cast crucifixes and graves, which also come from Zborov nad Byststricou.

Watermill and sawmill from Klubina

The watermill and sawmill from the village of Klubina was built in 1921. Both were built by the wire binder John Kubica. He used the half-timbered construction, which is atypical for this region. In 1926 Michal Fojtik bought the water mill and built the sawmill with thirteen saws on the mill. The water mill and sawmill is operated by a water wheel with a diameter of almost 4.5 m.

Historic switchbacks - forest railway, HLÚŽ depot
Narrow gauge - tank locomotive ČSD series U 45.9

Historic switchback forest railway : The Vychylovka forest railway is unique of its kind in Europe. Forest railways of a similar type are only found in the Peruvian Andes and Rocky Mountains in the USA . The railway line was declared a technical cultural heritage in 1972 . The original route was 61 km long and connected Oščadnica with Lokca in Orava. The railway is currently a major tourist attraction of the exhibition.

Schenke from Korňa : The village Korňa is located in the upper part of Kysuce. The first owner of the bar was Mr. Weichertz. The last one before it was misplaced in the museum, Mr. Jendrisek. The building was damaged in World War II . The pub consists of eight rooms in total. The main room of the restaurant, with typical Slovak food and drinks, is opened to visitors.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iveta Zuskinová: open-air museum . In: Cultural Heritage of Slovakia . Dajama, Bratislava 2008, ISBN 978-80-89226-58-0 , p. 25 .
  2. ↑ Iveta Zuskinová: open-air museum . In: Cultural Heritage of Slovakia . Dajama, Bratislava 2008, ISBN 978-80-89226-58-0 , p. 25 .
  3. ↑ Iveta Zuskinová: open-air museum . In: Cultural Heritage of Slovakia . Dajama, Bratislava 2008, ISBN 978-80-89226-58-0 , p. 28 .
  4. ↑ Iveta Zuskinová: open-air museum . In: Cultural Heritage of Slovakia . Dajama, Bratislava 2008, ISBN 978-80-89226-58-0 , p. 29 .
  5. ↑ Iveta Zuskinová: open-air museum . In: Cultural Heritage of Slovakia . Dajama, Bratislava 2008, ISBN 978-80-89226-58-0 , p. 30 .
  6. ↑ Iveta Zuskinová: open-air museum . In: Cultural Heritage of Slovakia . Dajama, Bratislava 2008, ISBN 978-80-89226-58-0 , p. 31 .
  7. ↑ Kliment Ondrejka: Malý lexikón ľudovej kultúry Slovenska . MAPA Slovakia Bratislava, Bratislava 2003, p. 252 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 2 ″  N , 19 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E