Lisková ( hu, Liszkófalu) is a village in the

Ružomberok District Ružomberok District (''okres Ružomberok'') is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Liptov. Municipalities * Bešeňová * Hubová * Ivachnová * Kalam ...

of north-central Slovakia. It lies at an elevation of 484 m and has an area of 15.95 km². It had a population of 2,077 in 2011.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1252. Of interest is Lisková Cave, a 1,900 m Guttenstein limestone formation from the middle Triassic. A cultic statuette of a horned bull was found in the cave. Other finds include the remains of a copper-age secondary burial ( Lengyel culture), stone tools, and a mammoth tooth. The finds included the forehead of a human skull, which was destroyed in 1956. The remains were the first evidence of Pleistocene settlement in the territory of present-day Slovakia.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Lisková include: * Vavro Šrobár (1867–1950), doctor and politicianKirschbaum, Stanislav J. 1996. ''A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival.'' New York: St. Martin's Griffin, p. 148.

References

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *http://www.liskova.sk Villages and municipalities in Ružomberok District Archaeological sites in Slovakia {{Žilina-geo-stub