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Milan Blaško
Milan Blaško (21 July 1961 – 26 December 2016) was a Slovak ski mountaineer from Poprad. Together with Miroslav Leitner, Milan Madaj and Peter Svätojánsky, he finished fourth in the relay event of the 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering ( it, Campionato del Mondo di Scialpinismo 2006) was the third World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in t .... External links MilanBlaškoat ''skimountaineering.org'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Blasko, Milan 1961 births Living people Slovak male ski mountaineers People from Kežmarok Sportspeople from the Prešov Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kežmarok
Kežmarok (german: Kesmark or ; hu, Késmárk, yi, קעזמאַרק, Kezmark, pl, Kieżmark) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kingdom of Hungary. History Settlement at Kežmarok dates back to the Upper Stone Age. In the 13th century the region contained a community of Saxons, a Slovak fishing village, a Hungarian border post and a Carpathian German settlement. Its Latin name was first mentioned in 1251 as ''Villa (Saxonum apud Ecclesiam) Sancte Elisabeth''. In 1269 Kežmarok received its town charter. It also had the right to organize a cheese market (hence the German name ''Kesmark'' ("Käsemarkt" - "cheese market"). In 1433 the town was severely damaged by a Hussite raid. After 1440, the count of Spiš had a seat in Kežmarok. In the 15th century (and then once more in 1655), Kežmarok became a free royal town. The town was a stronghold of the noble ''Thököl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
