Oravská Jasenica

Oravská Jasenica (until 1949 "Jasenica" in Slovak; German Jasenitz , Hungarian Jaszenica ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia with 1879 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and belongs to Okres Námestovo , a district of Žilinský kraj .

geography

The municipality is located in the Oravská kotlina basin at the confluence of the Veselianka with the Biela Orava , just before the confluence with the Orava reservoir . The Podbeskydská vrchovina and Oravská Magura mountains rise in the vicinity . The center of the village is at an altitude of 630 m nm and is four kilometers from Námestovo and 17 kilometers from Tvrdošín .

history

Oravská Jasenica was created in the 16th century through Wallachian colonization on the territory of the Arwaburg and was first mentioned in writing in 1588. The population was engaged in linen weaving, linen trade and agriculture. In the plague from 1739 to 1742 335 people were killed; only 30 residents survived. Thus, the village had to be repopulated by relocating from neighboring towns. In 1828 there are 116 houses and 1039 inhabitants.

A large part of the village burned down in a fire in 1957, so there are very few wooden houses today.

population

Results after the 2001 census (1499 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

99.53% Slovaks
0.20% Czechs
0.13% Poland

By religion:

98.60% Roman Catholic
0.80% no information
0.47% non-denominational

Buildings

Roman Catholic Church from 1882

Personalities

Martin Hamuljak (1789-1859), Slovak national alarm clock