Sklené, Turčianske Teplice District

Sklené (Slovak before 1927 " Skleno " / " Sklenô "; German Glaserhay or Glaserhau - older also Glaser hut, Hungarian Turócnémeti - to 1907 Szklenó ) is a village and municipality in Hauerland in central Slovakia.

History

The town was founded in 1360 as Waldhufendorf and arrived in 1405 in the possession of the city Kremnica ( Kremnitz ). Until 1945 the town was predominantly inhabited by German-speaking inhabitants (1930: 3.254 inhabitants, of which 2,548 German). In 2001, still known as German 27 people.

The inhabitants lived mainly on the supply of charcoal and mining timber, through the expansion of mining to verdingten many as miners in the nearby Handlová ( Krickerhau ) or practiced seasonal work from.

In the years 1933 and 1934 destroyed large fire many houses in the village.

During the guerrilla uprisings 187 German -speaking inhabitants were massacred by Glaserhau on September 21, 1944, including children and the elderly. Since 1994 there reminds a memorial to the victims of the massacre Glaserhau. During the passage of the front during the Second World War in 1945, heavy fighting took place in the local area, where 250 houses were destroyed.

Attractions

• Catholic church built on the foundations of a Gothic building 1626/27 three aisles in Renaissance style
• Judges house, built in the early 17th century in the Renaissance style in 1912 converted for residential purposes

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• Sklené (Slovakia )
• Kraj municipality in Žilinský
• Location in Slovakia