Zákopčie

Zákopčie (Hungarian Dombelve - to 1907 Zákopcse ) is a municipality in the north - central Slovakia with 1808 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Čadca, a part of the Žilinský.

Geography

The municipality is located in Javorníky Mountains in the source area of several streams that belong to the catchment area of Kysuca. The unit itself is the community of about 70 individual settlements (Slovak Kopanice ) in five valleys in 29.6 km ² municipal area. The terrain is hilly covered with scattered forests and brown forest soils. The highest mountain is Jakubovský vrch ( 875 m nm). The community center is located at an altitude of 572 m nm and is located nine kilometers from Čadca and 40 km from Zilina.

Neighboring municipalities are Podvysoká, Staškov, Raková, Ochodnica, Nesluša, Dlhá nad Kysucou and the city Čadca.

History

The present municipality was only in the 17th century permanently settled as a result of the Wallachian colonization of the area on the former municipal district of Krasno nad Kysucou. The first written mention dates from 1662 as Zakopczany in a land register of the castle Strečno. The constant increase in population led in 1749 to the establishment of a parish, and shortly thereafter a church school. 1801, the first church was built.

1784 the community had 324 houses and 2,019 inhabitants in 1828 already 420 houses and 2,971 inhabitants. Due to climatic characteristics, agriculture was only limited fertile, other sources of income were forestry, tinkers and peddlers. However, there were repeated waves of emigration to Lower Hungary, Silesia, or in the United States. After the Second World War, the industry in the surrounding cities and trade among the main sources of income were.

The name Zákopčie means as much as " (country ) behind the hills ."

Population

Results according to the census 2001 (1.752 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

  • 98.23 % Slovaks
  • 0.51% Czechs
  • 0.11% Magyars

After Confession:

  • 96.63 % Roman Catholic
  • 2.00 % no answer
  • 0.97 % no religious affiliation
  • 0.23% Greek Catholic
  • 0.11% Evangelical

Structures

  • Roman Catholic Church in baroque -classical style from 1801
  • Several chapels in different individual settlements
  • In some places traditional architecture (block houses)
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