Telgárt (, called ''Švermovo'' in 1948–1990) is a village and municipality in

Brezno District Brezno District (; ) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of 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 ...

, in the

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of central

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Etymology

The name is of German origin: ''Tiergarten'' (initially a hunting area). In 1948, the village was named after a Czech communist resistance fighter and participant in

Slovak National Uprising Slovak National Uprising ( Slovak: ''Slovenské národné povstanie'', abbreviated SNP; alternatively also ''Povstanie roku 1944'', English: ''The Uprising of 1944'') was organised by the Slovak resistance during the Second World War, directed ag ...

Jan Šverma Jan Šverma (23 March 1901, Mnichovo Hradiště – 10 November 1944, Mt. Chabenec, Low Tatras) was a Czechs, Czech journalist, communist activist and resistance fighter against the Nazi Germany, Nazi-backed Slovak State. Šverma was considered a ...

. In 1990, the residents of the village returned to the original name claiming that it is still in use and Šverma never fought in Telgárt.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1326, in 1549 it was referred as ''Thygart''.

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 881 metres and covers an area of 55.974 km². It has population of about 1,531 people. The

Hron The Hron (; ; ; ) is a long left tributary of the DanubeP ...

river rises in the cadastral area of the village, under the Kráľova hoľa mountain.

Climate

References

Villages and municipalities in Brezno District {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub