Sklené ( en, Sklene; german: Glaserhau; hu, Turócnémeti) is a
village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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
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 ...
.
History
In
historical records the
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 1360. Until the end of World War II his village was called Glaserhau and populated mostly by German Catholic farmers who had originally migrated here in the 1400 as gold miners. During the
Slovak National Uprising
The Slovak National Uprising ( sk, Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. This resistance movement was represented mainly by the members of the ...
Slovak partisans committed a massacre on 21 September 1944 among the German population of the village, killing 186 inhabitants. Since 1994 a memorial commemorates the victims.
Geography
The
municipality
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lies at an
altitude
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of 588 metres and covers an
area
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of 40.502 km². It has a
population
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of about 788 people.
External links
*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Other projects
Villages and municipalities in Turčianske Teplice District
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