Prievidza

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Prievidza
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Prievidza coat of arms
Prievidza (Slovakia)
Prievidza
Prievidza
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Trenčiansky kraj
Okres : Prievidza
Region : Horná Nitra
Area : 43.063 km²
Residents : 45,634 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 1,060 inhabitants per km²
Height : 280  m nm
Postal code : 971 01
Telephone code : 0 46
Geographic location : 48 ° 46 '  N , 18 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '22 "  N , 18 ° 37' 29"  E
License plate : PD
Kód obce : 513881
structure
Community type : city
Urban area structure: 5 districts
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Katarína Macháčková
Address: Mestský úrad Prievidza
Námestie Slobody 14
97101 Prievidza
Website: www.prievidza.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk
Center of Prievidza with St. Bartholomew and Trinity Church (back)
Church of the Assumption in Prievidza

Prievidza (German Priwitz , Hungarian Privigye ) is a medium-sized city in Slovakia . It is located in Trenčiansky kraj . The city is also called "the greenest city".

Districts

There are the following five districts:

  1. Staré mesto ("Old Town")
  2. Píly
  3. Necpaly (incorporated in 1945)
  4. Kopanice
  5. Neighborhoods: Hradec (incorporated in 1964), Malá Lehôtka (incorporated in 1964), Veľká Lehôtka (incorporated in 1976)

history

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1113 in a document from the Hungarian King Koloman .

economy

Prievidza is the city with the largest retail area in relation to the number of inhabitants in Slovakia.

Prievidza is an important administrative center , and numerous commercial enterprises, especially from the banking sector, have settled here.

The city is also the seat of the mining company HBP ( Hornonitrianske Bane Prievidza ). The company is the most important lignite producer in Slovakia. It operates three mines in the Prievidza area: in Handlová , Cigeľ and Nováky . The conveying capacity in 2005 was 2.3 million tons and the number of employees was around 4,400. There are also many cultural institutions and schools in the city.

Culture

Among other objects there are also three remarkable churches under monument protection: Holy Trinity, Assumption of Mary and St. Bartholomew.

See also:  List of listed objects in Prievidza

Town twinning

Sister cities of Prievidza are

Personalities

  • Jan Pásztor (born January 27, 1912 in Prievidza, † November 8, 1988 in Nitra ), Bishop of Nitra (1973–1988)
  • Cornel Wilde (born October 13, 1915 in Prievidza, † October 8, 1989 in Los Angeles ), actor and film director
  • Štefan Uher (born June 4, 1930 in Prievidza, † March 29, 1993 in Bratislava), film director
  • Lenka Lomnička (born June 28, 1994 in Prievidza), football player
  • Dávid Hancko (born December 13, 1997 in Prievidza), football player

See also

Web links

Commons : Prievidza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

  1. Prievidza - Partnerské mestá (Slovak), accessed on August 2, 2017