Tesárske Mlyňany
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Tesárske Mlyňany () is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
and
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in Zlaté Moravce District of the Nitra Region, in western-central
Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. Information about Tesárske Mlyňany


History

The town was originally formed by association of two previously separate villages, Tesáre nad Žitavou and Mlynany. Tesárske means
Carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenter ...
and so its name means Carpenter over the Zittau River and is among the oldest settlements in the region, first recorded as a settlement of Tazzari in 1075 AD although Archaeological findings show settlement since the 9th century. Mlynany is first recorded as Malonian in 1209AD. Both names come from craft focus of its inhabitants.


Geography

The village lies in the Zittau upland, on both banks of the Zittau river, about 4 km south of the town of Zlaté Moravce. Nitra is the nearest large town. The village is accessed by the R1 expressway and I/65 road, leading north-south. The population is 1787 and has an area of 18 km² The
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
lies at an
altitude Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum (geodesy), datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometr ...
of 170 metres and covers an
area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...
of 18.007 km². In 2011 it had a
population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 1683 inhabitants.


Sister Cities

* Zborovice, Czechia * Kétsoprony, Hungary


Culture and attractions

* Arboretum Mlyňany Slovak Academy of Sciences * Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation from 1763. * Chapel of the Exaltation. Crisis of 1841. * Granary - church Aniel File:Arboretum-sk4.JPG, Arboretum file:Ambrózy manor 1.jpg, Ambrózy manor File:Malonya-Migazzi.jpg, Malonya-Migazzi.jpg


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tesarske Mlynany Villages and municipalities in Zlaté Moravce District