Dubové ( hu, Turóctölgyes, until 1899 , german: Daun) is a
village
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and
municipality
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in
Turčianske Teplice District
Turčianske Teplice District (''okres Turčianske Teplice'') is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia.
Until 1920, the district was part of Turóc County, Kingdom of Hungary.
Municipalities
* Abramová
* Blažovce
* Bodorová
...
in the
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region ...
of northern central
Slovakia
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village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
was first mentioned in 1262. Before the establishment of independent
Turóc County
Turóc ( Hungarian, historically also spelled ''Túrócz''), , /''comitatus Thurociensis'', ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Slovakia, where the corresponding Slovak name ...
within the
Kingdom of Hungary
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. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the
Slovak Republic
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
Geography
The
municipality
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lies at an
altitude
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of 487 metres and covers an
area
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of 28.294 km2. It has a
population
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of about 758 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1690-1896 (parish B)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1715-1895 (parish B)