Kysucké Nové Mesto (german: Kischützneustadt / ''Oberneustadl''; hu, Kiszucaújhely) is a town in

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 ...

Slovakia 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 ...

, near the city of

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Sl ...

History

The first signs of settlement In 1976 lumps of burnt clay and ceramics were found under Stránsky vrch, which highlighted the settlement in this area. Archaeologists date the acquired material back to the La Tène Age. These findings are now stored in the Manor-house of Radoľa located near Kysucké Nové Mesto Middle Ages The first mention of the city The town is mentioned for the first time in 1254 (under the name Jesesin, in the Bela's IV donation treaty). In 1321 lachasin is mentioned as a place where toll is collected. The privileges of a town with a market law were given the city (under the name Congesberg) in 1325. In 1358 the name of Nova Civitas (Nové Mesto - New Town) is already used. The inhabitants were mainly engaged in agriculture, sheep breeding, trade and handcraft. Modern Period The town in the 19th century was falling due to the floods (in 1813, 1821), the fires (1823, 1904), but also due to the large expatriation in the whole region. After the fire in August 1904, only 30 homes remained in the city. The economic development of the city took place after the Second World War. The Kysucké Nové Mesto developed mainly the engineering industry. The relationship with

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was expressed by inhabitants during the

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in the

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in Kragujevac (June 2, 1918). In

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people fought with German occupation forces not only in Slovakia in the Slovak national uprising, but also in European struggles, contributing to the defeat of fascism. Contemporary period Kysucké Nové Mesto has been making its present form for centuries. The biggest and fastest changes occurred after World War II. The importance of the town increased after the year 1950, when the Závody presného strojárstva (later ZVL) were created. The company provided work to thousands of people and started significant changes in the town. New housing estates, schools, offices, shops, sports facilities were created. Kysucké Nové Mesto has a built infrastructure that is currently being improved to meet the needs of its residents and visitors. Names * 150 - Asanka - according to the Greek geographer

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- settlement lying on the amber road * 1254 - Jesesin * 1300 - Yesesin * 1338 - Jachatin - Chateau of the count Mikuláš Zeech - regional judge, but also the name Lethesin appears in the documents. The part of the word 'Jacha' probably represents name Jakub(

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- the patron of the town) and 'Tin' means the castle (the Castle of James). * 1325 - following names: ** Congesbergh ** Kongesberg ** Königsberg - the Královský vrch (now the Tábor hill), under which the river Kysuca flows. The name of Königsberg was not used, still it was called with the Slavic name Jačatín, because most of its inhabitants formed Slavic ethnicity. * 1358 - Civitas Nova - Castrum Novum - New Town during Ľudovít Veľký * 1438 - Nowe Mesto - name Jačatín (Jachatin) did not disappear * 1507 - Kisucza UJhely (Ujvar) * 1784 - Horní Nové Mesto * 1873 - Nové Mesto nad Kysucou * 1907 - Kisuca Ujhely - at the time of Magyarization * 1920 - Kysucké Nové Mesto

Geography

Kysucké Nové Mesto lies at an altitude of

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and covers an area of . It is located in the

Kysuca The Kysuca ( hu, Kiszuca) is a river in northern Slovakia. It is a right tributary to the Váh. The river gives name to the informal Kysuce region. It is long and its basin size is . Its source is near the village of Makov. At first, the river ...

river valley, between the

Javorníky The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľký ...

and Kysucká vrchovina mountains, about north of

Demographics

According to the 2001

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, the town had 16,558 inhabitants. 95.13% of inhabitants were

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, 1.02%

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and 0.79%

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and

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. The religious make-up was 86.20%

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, 6.79% people with no religious affiliation and 0.47%

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Twin towns — sister cities

Kysucké Nové Mesto is twinned with: *

Gogolin Gogolin is a town in southern Poland, in Opole Voivodeship, in Krapkowice County. It has 6,682 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Gmina Gogolin. Geology and palaeontology Gogolin gives its name to the Gogolin Formation whose strata were firs ...

, Poland *

Jablunkov Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large amou ...

, Czech Republic *

Łodygowice Łodygowice is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łodygowice. It lies approximately north-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital ...

, Poland * Rive-de-Gier, France

References

External links

Official website
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