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20 unusual facts about Slovakia


Adolf Schwarz

Adolf Schwarz (31 October 1836, Galszecs, Hungary, now Sečovce, Slovakia – 25 October 1910, Vienna) was an Austria-Hungarian chess master.

Breznička

Breznička may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Dávid family

The ancestors of the Dávid family were an older noble family of Záturecký from Záturčie (now part of Martin, Slovakia).

Gymnasium Grösslingová

Secession building of today Gymnasium Grösslingová 18 in Bratislava, Slovakia, was built by architect Edmund Lechner in end of 1908 year.

Hosťovce

Hosťovce may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Hostovice

Hostovice may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Ilija

Ilija, Slovakia, a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region

Jesenské

Jesenské may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Karel Plicka

Since 1988 there has been a museum dedicated to his work in the Slovak village of Blatnica.

Neporadza

Neporadza may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Podhorany

Podhorany may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Považská Bystrica

Chapel of Saint Helena was built in 1728 by count Peter Szaparay on the hill above the town, is surrounded by lindens of which one is more than 250 years old.

Romani people in Slovakia

According to the last census from 2011, there were 105,738 persons counted as Romani people in Slovakia, or 2.0% of the population.

Seč

Seč, Prievidza District, a village in the Trenčín Region (Prievidza District) of Slovakia

Slovan Bratislava

Slovan Bratislava is a Slovakian multi-sport club from Bratislava

Štefanovce

Štefanovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Surrender at Világos

Cavalry Captain Katlaroff and Count Rüdiger delivered the offer to Görgey, who was at Rimaszombat (now Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia), giving the Hungarian officers and men total freedom.

Turóc County

The capitals of the Turóc county were the Sklabiňa Castle and Martin (name until 1950: Turčiansky Svätý Martin); from 1772 only Martin was the capital.

Vrbovce

Vrbovce, Slovakia, a village and municipality in Myjava District, Trenčín Region, north-western Slovakia

Zlatno

Zlatno may refer to several places in Slovakia.


Absolut Warhola

The film follows the filmmakers as they travel through eastern Slovakia to interview Warhol's surviving relatives, ethnic-Ruthenians living near the Polish border in Miková, and to visit the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce.

Bohuslav Chňoupek

He covered the Slovak National Uprising, wrote about how the rule of the Communist Party in Slovakia had been established, about the flight of Yuri Gagarin, and he also wrote an essay about Andy Warhol.

Borough United F.C.

A 0-0 draw in Malta was followed by a 2-0 success at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham — a more suitable venue than the tiny Nant-y-Coed ground with its single stand and spartan changing rooms — to set up a tie with Slovakian ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

Bratislava Jazz Days

Bratislava Jazz Days (BJD) is a festival of modern jazz, taking place in Bratislava (Slovakia), usually at Park kultúry a oddychu (Hall of the Culture and Leisure Park).

Carpathian Mountains

The most important cities in or near the Carpathians are: Bratislava and Košice in Slovakia; Kraków in Poland; Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Braşov in Romania; and Miskolc in Hungary.

Civic Democratic Union

Public Against Violence / Občianska demokratická únia, a political movement in Slovakia.

Conditional noble

The "nobility" of conditional nobles was rather local, which is demonstrated by such denominations as "nobles of Turóc" (Turiec, Slovakia) or "nobles of Szepes" (Spiš, Slovakia) (Martyn Rady).

Elefánthy

The family split into several branches early on and as a result, in 1323, the estates were permanently split between two of the major branches, the Felsőelefánt (today Horné Lefantovce, Slovakia) and Alsóelefánt (today Dolné Lefantovce, Slovakia) branches.

FA Inter-League Cup

After a 1–2 defeat to the Bratislava team (Slovakia) a 3–2 win over the hosting Hradec Králové team left the side with a chance of qualifying for the finals.

Fantázia

The magazine was started in Šaľa, Slovakia by Ivan Aľakša, who served as its editor until 2006, when he withdrew to concentrate on publishing duties and was replaced by Juraj Malíček.

Ferdinand Konščak

At sixteen he finished the expected grades and was admitted to the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Trenčín, Slovakia, where he stayed for two years.

Fraňo Štefunko

Štefunko begins with his freelance work two years after coming to Martin and soon becomes one of the founders of Slovak sculpture.

Historical Logging Switchback Railway in Vychylovka

The Historical Logging Switchback Railway in Vychylovka (near Nová Bystrica, Slovakia) is preserved section technically most interesting part of the former narrow-gauge zig zag logging railway located in Kysuce and Orava region.

Hrubá

Hrubá Borša, village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region

Humanic

Two years later Humanic opens its first store in Regensburg, Germany, and, in the same year, the first two stores in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jiří Třanovský

From 1631 until 1637, Třanovský was pastor at a church in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš in present-day Slovakia.

Kochanovce

Adamovské Kochanovce, a village and municipality in Trenčín District, Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Kysuca

In the valley of Kysuca south of Čadca, a railway and an international road (currently E75, in the future D3) passes through it.

Language law of Slovakia

According to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL), the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said the issue was beyond being simply an affair between Slovakia and Hungary and was becoming an issue of the whole European Union because it harms the spirit of European integration and the principles of democracy.

Liptovský Mikuláš

The area is also well-known due to its location close to the biggest ski resort in Slovakia, Jasná.

Lúčka

Lúčka may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Maria Guerassimenko

Maria Guerassimenko (born March 20, 1981 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR) is a pair skater who competed internationally for Slovakia.

Maria Gulovich Liu

As the winter arrived, Gulovich and the Americans were caught in a blizzard on Mt. Ďumbier, the highest mountain in the Low Tatra range in central Slovakia.

Martina Godályová

Martina Godályová (born 15 May 1975 in Šaľa) is a Slovak former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Melle van Gemerden

Van Gemerden was a member of the Netherlands team which took on Slovakia in the 2005 World Group quarter-finals and appeared both in the doubles, with Paul Haarhuis, and in the singles against Michal Mertiňák.

Nádasdy family

Of its many holdings, the family held the Nádasdy Castle in Sárvár, Hungary, the Csejte Castle, in Čachtice, Slovakia which is situated on a hill adjacent to a nature reserve, and the Nádasdy Mansion in Nádasdladány, Hungary.

Nemcovce

Nemcovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Pál Szinyei Merse

He died on 2 February 1920, just four months and two days before the Trianon treaty, in Jarovnice, which passed the town and all what is now known as Slovakia to the newly formed Czechoslovakia.

Palace Cinemas

In Slovakia Palace Cinemas operates multiplex cinemas in the capital city Bratislava in Aupark Shopping Center (12 screens), Polus City Center (8 screens) and Eurovea Galleria (9 screens).

Peter von Rittinger

After completion of legal studies, von Rittinger studied in the Montanist box at the Mining and Forestry Academy in Schemnitz (Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia).

Pittsburgh Agreement

Bielek, born in Slovakia, was vice-president and director of the Czecho Slovak Commercial Corp. of America, an import company founded in 1918.

Project Forum

From its home country of Slovakia, Michal Hvorecký, Rudolf Chmel and Martin M. Šimečka are among those featured most frequently.

Radošovce

Radošovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Trnava Region.

Spišské

Spišské Bystré, large village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia

Statue of Lenin, Seattle

Venkov's work was completed and installed in Poprad, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), in 1988, shortly before the fall of Czechoslovak communism during the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Táncház

In addition, ethnic Hungarians outside of Hungary, such as those in Transylvania, Slovakia, and the Siret River valley of Moldavia, are also celebrated by the táncház movement.

Trpín

Trpín, Krupina District, a municipality in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia

Ung County

The towns of Veľké Kapušany and Sobrance are now in Slovakia; the other towns mentioned are in Ukraine.

Vienna Volksoper

In 1987, the opera house was used for a scene set in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now part of Slovakia), for the James Bond film The Living Daylights, where Timothy Dalton made his debut as Bond near the very beginning of the film, where he first spotted the key female character Kara Milovy (played by Maryam d'Abo).

Vojka

Vojka nad Dunajom, village in the Dunajská Streda District, Slovakia

White Carpathians

In this area, Lednica castle is located, perhaps the most inaccessible one amongst the castles in Slovakia.

Zoltán Tildy

He was born in Losonc (Lučenec now in Slovakia), in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the family of a Hungarian official in the local government.

Zsolt Harsányi

Born in Korompa, Upper Hungary (modern day Slovakia; Krompachy in Slovakian), Harsányi descended from a long line of Hungarian writers.