Dúbrava, Liptovský Mikuláš District

Dúbrava (Hungarian Dubrava ) is a municipality in the north of Slovakia, with 1235 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Liptovsky Mikulas, a part of the Žilinský and is counted to the traditional landscape Liptau.

Geography

The municipality is located in the middle Liptau. The 23.2 km ² area extends from the valley of Podtatranská kotlina in the north ( 602 m nm) up to the main ridge of the Low Tatras in the south ( mountain Chabenec, 1955 m nm). Across the municipal area flows the brook Dubravka, which opens into the Waag on the Liptauer reservoir. The center is located at an altitude of 636 m nm and is 16 kilometers from Liptovsky Mikulas, and 21 kilometers from Ružomberok.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1372 as Dobrava writing and belonged to local nobles. After fragments from the local church, the origin of the village dates from the last third of the 13th century. 1828 are listed 71 houses and 694 inhabitants.

In the Low Tatras in the district Dechtárka since the 18th century consisted of iron ore and antimony mines. These were set in 1908, after which most miners emigrated to Handlová to France, Belgium or the mines. The antimony mines were opened shortly after 1945 and operated until the 1990s.

Until 1918, belonged to the lying in the county Liptau place the Kingdom of Hungary and came after Czechoslovakia and Slovakia today.

Name

The name Dúbrava literally means " oak grove " and refers to the once great oak forests in the area.

Population

Results according to the census 2001 (1.329 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

• 99.40 % Slovaks
• 0.23% Czechs
• 0.15% Magyars

After Confession:

• 61.70 % Roman Catholic
• 27.77 % Evangelical
• 7.00% no religious affiliation
• 3.16 % no answer

Structures

• Roman Catholic St. Andrew's Church, originally built in the 13th century in the Gothic style, designed baroque today