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Kriváň
Kriváň can refer to: * Kriváň (peak), peak in the High Tatras, Slovakia * Veľký Kriváň, the highest peak in Malá Fatra, Slovakia * Kriváň (village) Kriváň ( hu, Krivány) is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It lies on the road track I/50, approximately in the halfway between Bratislava and Košice. The village had been establ ..., village in Slovakia in the Detva District See also * Crivina (other) (Romanian toponym) {{DEFAULTSORT:Krivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kriváň (peak)
Kriváň () is a mountain in the High Tatras, Slovakia, that dominates the upper part of the former Liptov County. Multiple surveys among nature lovers have ranked it as the country's most beautiful peak. Readily accessible along maintained marked trails and with the exceptional vistas afforded from its summit, it is the hikers' favorite mountain in the western part of the High Tatras. Kriváň has also been a major symbol in Slovak ethnic and national activism for the past two centuries. It has been referenced in works of art from 19th-century literature, through paintings, film documentaries, to a Polish rock track. A country-wide vote in 2005 selected it to be one of the images on Slovakia's euro coins. Name The name Kriváň, first recorded as ''Kriwan'' in 1639, is derived from the root ''kriv-'' meaning "bent" or "crooked". It reflects the angled appearance of its shape when viewed from the west and south, characterized in the work from 1639 as an "oxtail" (''cauda bubula' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kriváň (village)
Kriváň ( hu, Krivány) is a village and municipality in Detva District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It lies on the road track I/50, approximately in the halfway between Bratislava and Košice. The village had been established in 1955. Gallery File:Kriváň - železničné rampy.jpg, A Level crossing in Kriváň References External links * * *https://web.archive.org/web/20150610204905/http://krivan.e-obce.sk/ rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ... Villages and municipalities in Detva District {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veľký Kriváň
Veľký Kriváň (Polish language, Polish: ''Wielki Krywań'') is the highest mountain in the Lesser Fatra mountain range in Western Carpathians in Slovakia. References External links * Mountains of Slovakia Mountains of the Western Carpathians {{Slovakia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
