Divina ( hu, Nagydivény) 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.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1325. File:Divina, pečať.jpg, Oldest seal of Divina village File:Lúky, pečať.JPG, Oldest seal of Lúky village, part of Divina

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude between 355 – 910 metres (center of the village 550 meters) and covers an area of 21.881 km². It has a population of about 2384 people.

Monuments and Memorials

Church of St. Andrew

Late baroque church, built between 1773 and 1779 by John Nepomuk Szunyogh. The church is registered in the Central List of the Slovak Memorial Fund under the number 1333/1.

Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina

The Statue of St. John of Nepomuk is registered in the Central List of the Slovak Memorial Fund under the number 1334/2. It is a sandstone sculpture from 1796 standing on a stone base. The project of restoration of St. John of Nepomuk statue was initiated by architect Marek Sobola and was started in 2016, was completed in June 2017. Partners, who were addressed to cooperate have either some connection to St. John of Nepomuk or to Slovakia and was from: Germany, Cambodia, Bulgaria, Bavaria, Vatican and Czech Republic. The project was carried out under auspices of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Slovakia. Exceptional realization of the restoration project of the statie has gained a Honorable recognition by Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Ľubica Laššáková on the 13th edition of the competition Phoenix – National Cultural Monument of the Year 2017. File:Divina Kostol sv. Ondreja.jpg, Church of St. Andrew in Divina File:Ľudový dom.JPG, Typical folk house from Divina, built 1907

Monument of Divina Meteorite

Meteorit from Divina (official name Gross-Divina) fell into the center of the village on July 24, 1837. From the mineralogical point of view it is a chondrite. The weight was 10.5 kg. The memorial was designed by architect Marek Sobola, native of Divina. Architect used a

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for the construction. The memorial contains a precise 3D copy of the meteorite. The original is in the Hungarian Natural History Museum as well as the

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. File:Pamätník divinského meteoritu, Divina.jpg, Monument of Divina Meteorite File:Divina John of Nepomuk Overall view.jpg, Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Divina File:Štefan Závodník.jpg, Štefan Závodník

Personalities and natives

* Štefan Závodník (*2. 9. 1813,

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– † 12. 2. 1885,

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) was a Roman Catholic priest, pedagogue, important personality of Slovak national past and pioneer of bee-keeping in Slovakia. He was also the organizer of the first Upper Hungarian societies. In the years 1836 – 1841 he worked as a chaplain in Divina and between 1841 – 1850 he was a Roman Catholic priest in Divina. * Marek Sobola (*3. 7. 1981, Žilina) is a Slovak authorised garden and landscape architect, professional gardener, designer and heraldic artist. He is a member of the

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and Czech Chamber of Architects. His specialization is an Ecclesiastical heraldry in Missionary countries.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Štátny archív v Žiline so sídlom v Bytči". * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1771-1898 (parish A).

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Surnames of living people in Divina
{{authority control Villages and municipalities in Žilina District