Važec

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Važec
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Važec coat of arms
Važec (Slovakia)
Važec
Važec
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Žilinský kraj
Okres : Liptovský Mikuláš
Region : Liptov
Area : 59.685 km²
Residents : 2,415 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
Height : 792  m nm
Postal code : 032 61
Telephone code : 044
Geographic location : 49 ° 4 ′  N , 19 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
License plate : LM
Kód obce : 511129
structure
Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Milan Lištiak
Address: Obecný úrad Važec
Na
harte 19 03203 Važec
Website: www.obecvazec.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Važec (until 1927 "Vážec" in Slovak; German Waagsdorf / Weißwaag , Hungarian Vázsec - until 1895 Vazsec ) is a municipality in northern Slovakia . It lies in the valley Podtatranská kotlina on the river Biely Váh ( White Váh ) at the foot of kozie chrbty -Gebirges and the High Tatras , about 25 kilometers from Poprad ( Poprad ) and 30 kilometers from Liptovsky Mikulas ( St. Nicholas in the Liptov ) away.

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1280, but the date is controversial and some historians also give 1269 or 1286 as the date of foundation. The Važec stalactite cave is located near the village .

The place is located directly on the D1 motorway and on the state road 18 and has a motorway exit. It is also located on the Košice – Žilina railway line and has a stop.

Culture

See also:  List of listed objects in Važec

Partner municipality

Other

Vazec military cemetery .jpg

In Važec there is a war cemetery for the fallen soldiers of the western and central Slovakia in the two world wars. It offers space for 8,000 graves.

  • Važec Military Cemetery, Slovakia

  • Važec Military Cemetery, Slovakia

Personalities

  • Ján Michalko (* 1912 in Važec; † 1990 in Bratislava) was a Slovak Protestant theologian, bishop general, university professor and peace activist

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List view of the war cemeteries / Vazec. Retrieved November 20, 2018 .