Telgárt
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Brezno | ||
| Region : | Horehrony | ||
| Area : | 55.974 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,516 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 27 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 881 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 976 73 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 48 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 51 ' N , 20 ° 11' E | ||
| License plate : | BR | ||
| Kód obce : | 509051 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Peter Novysedlák | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Telgárt 70 976 73 Telgárt |
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| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Telgárt (1948 to 1990 Slovak "Švermovo"; German Thiergarten , Hungarian Garamfő - until 1902 Telgárt ) is a municipality in Slovakia on the southeastern edge of the Low Tatras on the upper reaches of the Hron River .
history
Telgárt was first mentioned in a document in 1326. The name is of German origin ( zoo ) and means something like game reserve, wild forest. The majority of the almost exclusively Slovak population adopted the Greek Catholic faith at the instigation of the governor of Hont County , General Stephan II. Koháry , at the beginning of the 18th century .
Towards the end of the Second World War Telgárt was one of the centers of the Slovak National Uprising and was largely destroyed in a punitive measure by the German occupiers on September 5, 1944.
After the war the place was rebuilt and named in communist Czechoslovakia after Jan Šverma - one of the leaders of the Slovak national uprising. This designation was canceled in 1990 at the request of the local population, since the place name T. was still in common use and, moreover, Šverma had never been to Telgárt.
Today Telgárt is characterized by agriculture and tourism.
Sights in the area
- Hron spring northeast of the village
- Mineral water spring in the place
- Hron Meander Nature Reserve
- Kráľova hoľa mountain (1948 m) in the Low Tatras
- Mount Stolica (1478 m) in the Slovak Ore Mountains
- Spiral tunnel on the Margecany – Červená Skala railway line
Great personalities
- Anastázia Miertušová , Slovak visual artist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pavol Odaloš: Toponymá okresu Banská Bystrica po 17. 11. 1989 . In: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej (ed.): Kultúra slova . No. 10, Martin, 1991.