Turany
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Žilinský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Martin | ||
| Region : | Turiec | ||
| Area : | 46.747 km² | ||
| Residents : | 4,278 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 92 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 406 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 038 53 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 43 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 7 ′ N , 19 ° 2 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | MT | ||
| Kód obce : | 512681 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Dušan Novysedlák | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Turany Osloboditeľov 83 038 53 Turany |
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| Website: | www.turany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Turany (Hungarian Nagyturány - until 1907 Turán or older Turány ) is a city in northern Slovakia with 4278 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).
geography
Turany is Turzbecken ( Turčianska kotlina ) between the mountains Fatra and Fatra at the Vah and one of the channels of the river ( Krpeliansky kanál embedded). The Turianka , which is formed by the confluence of the Studenec and some smaller streams, flows through the town and at the floodplain called Turianske nivy In the north, the urban area extends to the main ridge of the Little Fatra and has a portion of the Veľký Kriváň ( 1709 m nm ). The city center lies at an altitude of 406 m nm and is 12 kilometers from Martin and 35 kilometers from Žilina .
Neighboring municipalities are Belá and Terchová in the north, Šútovo in the northeast, Ratkovo and Krpeľany in the east, Nolčovo in the southeast, Podhradie and Turčianska Štiavnička in the south and Sučany in the west.
history
In today's municipal area there was a settlement of the Puchau culture in the late Iron Age.
The current place was first mentioned in writing in 1319, when the area was still part of the large Sohl dominion . In the same year, Doncs County received some local property from Turany. In 1341, two years after the Turz County was founded, the village is mentioned as Turan , the site of an "ancient church". On June 13, 1397 Turany received city rights according to carp law and the right to own mill and free use of rivers and forests by an act of Sigismund of Luxembourg . As a tribute, the city had to pay 100 florins annually to the king, plus 20 florins in case of war. In 1469 and 1480 the town charter was confirmed and renewed again. Despite the acquired town charter, Turany remained in the domain of the Sklabiňa Castle .
In 1557 the city had 48 households and around 240 inhabitants, making it one of the largest towns in the Turz. In 1570 the Révay family owned 20 porta , which at that time corresponded to almost a third of the whole town. In 1610 there were 70 houses, at the same time today's city of Martin had "only" 59 households. A plague epidemic in 1679 killed half of the population. In 1784 the village had 254 houses and 1,450 inhabitants. In the 18th century, the city was affected by several floods (1725, 1728, 1789 and 1795) and fires (1715, 1719, 1724, 1796 and 1798). The fire of 1796 in particular was devastating when almost the entire city, including the Protestant church and school, was devastated by the flames. The floods of 1813 also caused great damage. In 1828 there were 161 houses and 1850 inhabitants who were employed as raftsmen, foresters, shepherds and wood processors. After the completion of the Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn in 1871, a certain degree of industrialization continued: a saw (founded in 1889) and a brick factory were built.
The place in Turz County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 , after which it became part of Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. In the first Czechoslovak Republic, the residents worked as tile makers, basket makers, farmers, weavers and workers in the local saw. Turany was electrified between 1929 and 1932.
On January 1, 2016, Turany, together with the southern Slovak municipality of Gabčíkovo, received (again) city rights by resolution of the National Council of the Slovak Republic .
City name
The etymology of the city's name is not clear: on the one hand, the Slovak word tur stands for domestic cattle , and this animal can also be seen on the city's coat of arms. On the other hand, it is believed to originate from the Celtic word tur , meaning "tower".
population
According to the 2011 census, Turany had 4,395 inhabitants, including 4,188 Slovaks , 16 Czechs , four Germans , two Magyars and one Bulgarian , one Moravian , one Pole and one from Rome . Three residents indicated a different ethnic group and 178 residents gave no information about the ethnic group .
1902 residents confessed to the Evangelical Church AB , 1,523 residents to the Roman Catholic Church , 13 residents to the Greek Catholic Church , nine residents to the Seventh-day Adventists, eight residents each to the Evangelical Methodist Church and the Pentecostal Movement and five residents to the orthodox church ; 20 residents professed a different denomination. 545 residents had no denomination and the denomination was not determined for 362 residents.
Buildings and monuments
- Roman Catholic Gallus Church in early Gothic style from the end of the 13th century, rebuilt after a fire in 1636 and supplemented by a free-standing bell tower. The interior was redesigned in Baroque style in the 18th century and houses the late Gothic Catherine Altar, which originally stood in the church of Spišský Štvrtok .
- Protestant church from 1933, built on the site of the older Tolerance Church from 1786
traffic
On the northern edge of Turany the 1st order road 18 runs between Žilina and Prešov . The local area is served by two 3rd order streets, one parallel to the main street and the other from the center of the village to Turany station on the Košice – Žilina railway line . The station is served daily by several pairs of local trains (as of the 2015/16 timetable).
The Dubná Skala – Turany section of the D1 motorway , which opened on July 10, 2015, runs south and east of the city and ends at the Turany junction near Ratkovo and Krpeľany.
sons and daughters of the town
- Miloš Alexander Bazovský (1899–1968), Slovak painter
Individual evidence
- ↑ V novom roku máme na Slovensku o dve mestá viac ( Memento of the original from January 2, 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. , Aktuellity.sk (Slovak), accessed January 2, 2016
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)