VarÃn ( hu, Várna) is a
village and
municipality in
Žilina District
Žilina District ( sk, Okres Žilina) is an '' okres'' (district) of the Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia. The district was first established in 1923. Its present borders date from 1996. The heart of the district is the Váh and Rajec rive ...
in the
Žilina Region of northern
Slovakia. It is located at the
Malá Fatra National Park
The Malá Fatra National Park (Slovak: ''Národný park Malá Fatra'') is a national park in the northern part of the Malá Fatra mountains called Krivánska Malá Fatra.
It has an area of 226.3 km2 (87.37 mi2) and a 232.62 km2 (89. ...
and also serves as a tourist resort.
Etymology
The name is derived from
Proto-Slavic ''varÑŠ'' ( sk, var, "boiling"). The original name was a
hydronym referring to foamed water.
History
In
historical records the
village was first mentioned in 1235. In the middle of the 13th century as ''terra Warna'' it was property of the
Cseszneky de Milvány Cseszneky is a surname of Hungarian origin.
Notable people
* Benedek Cseszneky, office holder, diplomat
* György Cseszneky, castellan of Tata and Győr
* Gyula Cseszneky (1914-ca 1970) poet, translator, Macedonian Voivode
* Imre Cseszneky, agri ...
family.
In 1993, the local government named one of the streets after
Jozef Tiso, a president of the
First Slovak Republic, the
client state of
Nazi Germany. This action sparkled controversy amongst some people and in 2021 a law enforcement authority launched a criminal investigation.
Geography
The
municipality lies at an
altitude of 362 metres and covers an
area of 19.092 km². It has a
population of about 3,674 people.
Notable natives and residents
*
Pavol Gábor
Pavol Gábor (1 December 1932 – 28 August 2003) was a Slovak operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1960s through the 1990s. He had a lengthy and fruitful partnership at the Slovak National Theatre which lasted f ...
, opera singer
* Ladislav Pfliegel, Hero of the Slovak National Uprising
References
External links
www.varin.sk
Villages and municipalities in Žilina District
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