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Radvaň, Banská Bystrica
Radvaň is a borough of Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ..., located south-west of the city centre. Until 1964 it was a separate village, when it was merged into the village of Radvaň-Kráľová, which in turn was made part of Banská Bystrica in 1966. It was first mentioned in 1263. The annual Radvaň fairs on 8 September have been held since 1650, transferred in the 20th century to Banská Bystrica. The writer Andrej Sládkovič lived and worked in Radvaň from 1856 until his death in 1872. References Banská Bystrica {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Radvaň may refer to: *Radvaň, Banská Bystrica *Radvaň nad Dunajom, Nitra Region * Radvaň nad Laborcom, Prešov Region *Čiližská Radvaň Čiližská Radvaň (, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 113 metres and covers an area of 21.412 km². It has a po ..., Trnava Region See also * Radwan (other) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With approximately 76,000 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia. The present-day town was founded by Carpathian Germans, German settlers, invited by the Hungarian Árpád-kings, during the Middle Ages (as part of the ''Ostsiedlung''), however it was built upon a former Slavs, Slavic/Slovaks, Slovakian/Pannonian Avars, Avar settlement. It became a part of Zolyom county after the Hungarian conquest. During the reign of Béla IV of Hungary it obtained the municipal privileges of a free royal town of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Kingdom of Hungary in 1255 and resettled with Germans from Thüringen. The Copper extraction techniques, copper mining town acquired its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Sládkovič
Andrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič; 31 March 1820 – 20 April 1872) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist, translator and Lutheran priest. Life Andrej Sládkovič was born into a family of teachers in Krupina. His school years started in his home town (1826–30). He later attended a gymnasium in Krupina and at the Lutheran lyceums in Banská Štiavnica and Bratislava. He continued his studies in theology at the University of Halle, Germany (1843–44). After he became a pastor, he served in Hrochoť from 1847 to 1856, and from then until his death in Radvaň nad Hronom. He was a member of the Ľudovít Štúr's group and was also one of the founders of the Matica slovenská. Works *' (1843–44) *'' Marína'' (1846, his most significant poem, also translated into Hungarian, German, Polish and French) * (1848) *' (1848) *''Detvan'' (1853, an opera was made in 1928) *''Milica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
