Sučany
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Žilinský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Martin | ||
| Region : | Turiec | ||
| Area : | 33.264 km² | ||
| Residents : | 4,714 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 142 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 393 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 038 52 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 43 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 6 ′ N , 19 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | MT | ||
| Kód obce : | 512648 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Martin Rybár | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Sučany Námestie SNP 8 038 52 Sučany |
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| Website: | www.sucany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Sučany (Hungarian Szucsány - until 1895 Szucsán ) is a large municipality in central Slovakia with 4,714 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), administratively part of the Okres Martin within the Žilinský kraj . In the traditional Turz region ( Turiec in Slovak ), Sučany is the largest non-urban municipality in terms of population.
geography
The community is located in the Turčianska kotlina basin on both banks of the Waag and the Krpeliansky kanál canal . To the north of the Waag, the municipality has a share in the Little Fatra , further east the Big Fatra rises . The highest point of the 33.26 km² large municipal area is the Malý Kriváň in the Little Fatra with 1671 m nm. The town center is at an altitude of 393 m nm and is eight kilometers from Martin , 30 kilometers from Žilina and 33 kilometers from Ružomberok .
Neighboring communities of Sučany are Krasňany in the north, Turany in the east, Turčianska Štiavnička in the southeast, Sklabinský Podzámok in the south, Martin and Turčianske Kľačany in the west and Lipovec and Nezbudská Lúčka in the northwest.
history
Today's municipality has been permanently settled since the Young Bronze Age, when members of the Lusatian culture settled here and built a fortress in the Hradiská and Skala districts . Traces of the Puchau culture , which maintained contacts with the Roman Empire , were also found here. The Slavs reached the area in the 9th century and inhabited the old fortifications during the Moravian Empire and the early Hungarian state.
Until the 13th century the area was owned by the king in the so-called Sohler Dominium , only in the 14th century the Turz county was established . The place was first mentioned in writing in 1258 as Suchan and was then owned by a certain Detrich, son of Mikó, and later owned by the Sklabiňa Castle . In 1350 Sučany became a market town ( oppidum ) and was given its own administration, jurisdiction , exemption from tolls, and the right to brew beer and produce brandy. In the 15th century there was another salt warehouse, in which salt from Poland was stored. The original document was lost in the 15th century, so these rights are only known from the later renewal.
In modern times Sučany was the seat of a dominion, since 1541 under the control of the Nyáry dynasty , which in addition to Sučany itself also included the places Podhradie , Nolčovo , Krpeľany and Konské (now part of Podhradie). In 1557 84 households lived in the village, in 1715 there were 83 households. In the 18th century Jews came to Sučany and soon became the upper class of the town and had a synagogue built in 1820. In 1828 there were 221 houses and 1,425 inhabitants who were employed as traders, hat makers and farmers. The construction of the Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn in the early 1870s resulted in an upswing in industry: three distilleries, a brickworks (founded in 1878) and a steam saw (founded in 1894) were built in Sučany. During the First World War , 50 residents of the village were killed.
The place in Turz County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. In the first Czechoslovak Republic , cultural life developed, as did industry. Shortly after the establishment of the Slovak state , there was a demonstration against the state party on April 25, 1939 , which was disbanded by the army. In 1942 the Jewish community was almost completely wiped out by being driven to German extermination camps. Shortly after the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising , the area was hotly contested, with 52 people killed.
After the end of the Second World War, almost the entire town center was built, a hydropower plant was built on the Waag north of Sučany, the Prefa factory for the manufacture of prefabricated components , the Drevona woodworks and modernized brickworks. So Sučany is still an industrial community today.
population
According to the 2011 census, there were 4673 inhabitants in Sučany, including 4276 Slovaks , 51 Roma , 21 Czechs , 7 Poles , 4 Magyars and 4 Moravians , 3 Germans , 2 Bulgarians and 1 Russian . 3 residents indicated a different ethnic group and 301 residents gave no information about the ethnic group.
2267 inhabitants supported the Roman Catholic Church , 1102 inhabitants joined the Evangelical Church AB , 25 inhabitants joined the Methodist Church , 9 inhabitants supported the Pentecostal movement , 7 inhabitants supported the Seventh-day Adventists, 4 inhabitants supported the Baha'i, 3 inhabitants supported the Witnesses Jehovah, 2 residents each for the Orthodox Church and the Reformed Church and 1 resident for the Baptists; 48 residents professed a different denomination. 742 inhabitants were without a denomination and the denomination was not determined for 448 inhabitants.
Buildings and monuments
- Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption (St. Sophia until 1977) from the 13th century, renovated and expanded in 1590, redesigned in Baroque style after 1774. Inside, the church has Gothic architectural details, most of the furnishings date from the 18th century
- Protestant Tolerance Church from 1783, the tower was only built in 1859
- Pillory from the 19th century
- Juraj Langsfeld's birthplace
- Common grave of 55 partisans who fell in the Slovak National Uprising
education
The municipality runs a kindergarten with four classes and a primary school with nine classes, which bears the name of the Slovak National Uprising.
The bilingual Milan-Hodža-Gymnasium (Slovak Bilingválne gymnázium Milana Hodžu ), founded in 1991, is well-known , where classes are held in Slovak and English and the Matura is taken in both languages.
traffic
The 1st order road 18 runs through Sučany from Martin to Ružomberok, and the 3rd order road branches off in the village towards Podhradie and Turčianska Štiavnička. Long-distance traffic has been using the completed Dubná Skala – Turany section of the D1 motorway since July 10, 2015 , which runs here in a strip between the railway and the Waag.
The municipality has a stop on the double- track Košice – Žilina railway , where several pairs of local trains stop every day. There is a connection to express, IC and EC trains at Vrútky station, seven and a half kilometers away .
Personalities
- Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688), Slovak Protestant theologian and writer
- Juraj Langsfeld (1825–1849), Slovak teacher and officer in the Slovak volunteer army in the revolution of 1848/49
- Milan Hodža (1878–1944), Slovak journalist, politician and Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1935–1938)
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)