Dolný Kubín

Dolny Kubin ( German sub Kubin, Hungarian Alsókubin ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the Orava river ( German Arwa ).

The city was first mentioned in writing in 1314 as Kublen, other sources speak of 1325. 1632 were her town and market rights conferred as oppidum. In the 19th century it was a center of the Slovak national literature, worked and died here, among other things, the writer Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav. Today, Dolny Kubin center of Orava region and capital of the same name Okres.

Located in North Rhine-Westphalia Stolberg ( Rhineland) based company Prymetall built a new distribution and slitting center in the industrial park of Dolny Kubin.

Districts

The city consists of the following districts:

  • District Beňova Lehota (1971 incorporated )
  • Dolny Kubin
  • Kňažia (1973 incorporated )
  • Maly Bysterec (1949 incorporated )
  • Medzihradné (1949 incorporated )
  • Mokraď (1971 incorporated )
  • Srňacie (1971 incorporated )
  • Velky Bysterec (1949 incorporated )
  • Záskalie (1949 incorporated )

Personalities

  • Matus Kozacik, football player
  • Janko Matuska, poet, born and died
  • Miroslav Mikolášik, politicians
  • Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, poet, worked and died in Dolny Kubin

Culture

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