Ružomberok

Ružomberok ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ; German Rosenberg , Hungarian Rózsahegy , Polish Rużomberk ) is a town in central Slovakia with 26,558 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is the seat of the Okres Ružomberok and one of the two centers of the traditional Liptov landscape ( Liptov in Slovak ).

geography

View of Ružomberok from Čebrať

The Ružomberok located at the west end of the basin Podtatranská kotlina , more precisely: the subunit Liptovská kotlina , at an altitude of 494 m nm flowing through the city in east-west direction, the Vah , the left bank here Revúca and the right bank Likavka receives. Ružomberok lies at the foot of some of the highest mountains in Slovakia ( Low Tatras in the southeast, Big Fatra in the southwest and west and Chočské vrchy in the north). The city is known for its scenic location with a view of the surrounding mountains. Two prominent mountains are the Čebrať ( 1052 m nm ) in the Chočské vrchy and the Malinné ( 1209 m nm ) in the Great Fatra. The city is 54 kilometers from Banská Bystrica , 63 kilometers from Žilina , 160 kilometers from Krakow (PL), 193 kilometers from Košice and 264 kilometers from Bratislava (road distance). The municipal area is 126.72 km².

Administratively, Ružomberok consists of the following six districts: Biely Potok (incorporated in 1882), Černová (incorporated after 1808), Hrboltová (incorporated in 1976), Ružomberok, Rybárpole and Vlkolínec (incorporated in 1882).

The following information relates to the straight line distance to the nearest town center, and the distances are commercially rounded to half a kilometer. Cities are highlighted in bold.

Komjatná 8.5 km	Likavka , Dolný Kubín 1 km, 14 km	Martinček 2.5 km
Hubová , Martin 9.5 km, 28 km		Lisková , Liptovský Mikuláš 3.5 km, 22 km
Turčianske Teplice 40.5 km	Liptovská Osada , Banská Bystrica 15 km, 40.5 km	Štiavnička 2.5 km

history

Ružomberok Town Hall

Ružomberok was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1233 as terra Reuche and received town charter in 1318. At this time, German settlers arrived as part of the German colonization to the east, who took over the town administration, but over the centuries they Slovakized. From 1339 to 1390, the then Rosenberg was a Free Royal City , then it was again subject to the counties of Liptov County and Likava Castle, which really hampered future development. In 1405 Ružomberok received market rights, but suffered in 1431–34 when the town was plundered several times by the Hussites . Despite violent disputes with Likava Castle, guilds and trade developed: at the end of the 17th century there were guilds of tailors, shoemakers, butchers and blacksmiths, as well as some mills and sawmills. The first school was founded in 1537.

In the 19th century the city became one of the centers of the Slovak national movement and was one of the largest “Slovak” cities in the Kingdom of Hungary - measured by the number of Slovaks living there . In the second half of the 19th century - especially after the completion of the Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn in 1871 - there was an upswing in industry, for example in paper and wood pulp mills and a brick factory. A textile factory was established at the end of the 19th century.

In 1907 the district of Černová was the site of the Černová tragedy , in which 15 people were killed.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the city belonged to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . In the 1930s there were frequent strikes and unrest in Ružomberok due to the global economic crisis. In the time of the First Slovak Republic (1939-45) Ružomberok was the seat of one of the six counties, the Tatra County (Slovak Tatranská župa ). From the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising to the occupation by the Red Army on April 15, 1945, heavy fighting broke out in the city and its surroundings. In the restored Czechoslovakia Ružomberok lost the long-standing status of a district town and became part of the Liptovský Mikuláš district ; this until the renewed independence of Slovakia in 1996.

Today, the city with its paper and cellulose mill is still characterized by industry, but the service sector and foreign transport have been developing for some years, such as in the Malinné ski area or in the farming village of Vlkolínec , which has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1993.

population

Church in the Černová part

Extract from the results of the 2001 census (30,417 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

96.64% Slovaks
0.95% Roma / Sinti
0.87% Czechs
0.13% Magyars
0.13% Ukrainians

By religion:

75.47% Roman Catholic
14.65% non-denominational
5.46% Protestant
2.76% no answer
0.44% Greek Catholic

Attractions

Church of Saint Andrew

Protestant church

Church of St. Ondrej
Balustrades on the southern side of the former main square - "Rínok"
Building of the Piarist High School
Synagogue , built in 1880
Mountain farming village Vlkolínec
Historic city center
town hall
Holy Cross Monastery
Monument in the mausoleum Andrej Hlinkas in the Černová district
Memorial in memory of the Černova massacre in 1907
Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary
Mondi SCP Ružomberok

tourism

Ružomberok is one of the most important tourist regions in Slovakia. The fourth largest ski area in the country, Malinné Brdo (the most modern gondola lift, 1 chair lift, 9 ski lifts, 12 slopes) is located on the outskirts .

Vlkolínec - a mountain village included in the UNESCO World Heritage List: wooden houses, wells and church; various cultural events every weekend; Children's sports ground made of wood; Wooden sculptures on the meadow in front of the village; Gallery with handicrafts from the local villagers

All Saints Church , two kilometers from the town near Ludrová (oldest church in the Liptov region )

Liptovské múzeum

Ľudovít Fulla's gallery, which not only houses the complete works of the Slovak painter and graphic artist Ľudovít Fulla , but also various exhibitions and the contemporary music concert series 'Hudba u Fullu' (Music by Fulla) with performances of chamber music works by important Slovak composers such as Vladimír Godár, Peter Machajdík , Ilja Zeljenka and Martin Burlas.

Nine marked hiking trails; The best viewpoints in the area are: Čebrať , Predný Choč , Tlstá hora , Malinné Brdo , Sidorovo , Mních .

Canyoning possibility - in the Hučiaky Canyon in the Low Tatras under the Salatín Mountain in the Ludrovská dolina valley

Paragliding from the airport Lisková from

Rafting, kayaking

Sports

Football club: MFK Ružomberok
Basketball - Women MBK Ružomberok (3 × European champions)

traffic

Ružomberok railway station

Railway: Ružomberok is located on the double- track Žilina – Košice railway line and has a train station on the border with the Likavka municipality . From 1908 to 1974 there was also the Ružomberok – Korytnica narrow-gauge railway .
Road: State road 18 ( E 50 ) and state road 59 ( E 77 ) intersect in the city . These often busy roads are to be supplemented in the future by the D1 motorway and the R1 expressway .
Public transport: There is a small network with 5 bus lines and 1 minibus line (as of 2011)
Long-distance bus: Depending on the day of the week, there are two to three daily connections to Budapest or Krakow and one daily connection to Brno and Prague.

sons and daughters of the town

Coloman Belopotoczky (1845–1914) professor of pastoral and moral theology, titular bishop of Tricale, apostolic field vicar (= highest Catholic clergyman) of the Austro-Hungarian army from 1890 to 1911

Andrej Hlinka (1864–1938), Slovak priest, politician and leader of the Slovak patriots / nationalists

Erich Gschöpf (1874–1933), Austrian architect

Leo Kestenberg (1882–1962), Austro-Hungarian, Czechoslovak, German and Israeli cultural politician, pianist, educator

Július Stano (1900–1971), politician

Karol Sidor (1901–1953), publicist, author and politician

Ľudovít Fulla (1902–1980), painter and graphic artist

Peter Lorre (1904–1964), Austrian film actor, screenwriter, film director

Václav Čevona (1922–2008), middle-distance runner

Vlasta Průchová (1926–2006), jazz singer

Jozef Vengloš (* 1936), football player and coach

Jan Lichardus (1939–2004), archaeologist

Dušan Galis (* 1949), soccer player, soccer coach and politician

Milan Luhový (born 1963), football player

Miro Slušný (* 1964), ski jumper

Tatiana Kutlíková (* 1972), cross-country skier and biathlete

Silvia Šuvadová (* 1973), actress

Dušan Švento (* 1985), football player

Katarína Ištóková (* 1986), soccer player

Others

In April 2010, a proton accelerator for proton therapy was put into operation in the Ružomberok Military Hospital. At this time it was unique in Central Europe and was intended to be used for clinical therapy as well as research.

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.liptovskemuzeum.sk/

↑ Ľudovít-Fulla-Galerie ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sng.sk
↑ Music with Fulla
↑ MHD Ružomberok ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Slovak) @1@ 2

↑ Long- distance bus to Ružomberok from € 1 | FlixBus → The new way to travel. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .

↑ Commissioning of a proton accelerator in Ružomberok on Radio Slovakia International from April 6, 2010, accessed on April 7, 2010

Web links

Commons : Ružomberok - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] ttp://www.liptovskemuzeum.sk/