Hriňová
Hriňová ( Hrinau German, Hungarian Herencsvölgy - to 1888 Hrinyová ) is a town in central Slovakia with 7802 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Detva, part of Banskobystrický kraj.
Geography
The city is located at the headwaters of Slatina and at the same time at the transition from the valley of Zvolenska kotlina in the mountains north and Polana Veporské Hills (part of the Slovak Ore Mountains ) east of the city. Above the main town on the river since 1965 in the reservoir Hriňová is dammed. The municipality is 126.5 km ² with almost above average in size and has heights of 450 m nm N.M. to 1458 m (Mountain Polana ). The center is located at an altitude of 500 m nm and is ten kilometers from Detva 37 kilometers from Zvolen and 52 km from Banská Bystrica away.
Administratively, the city is divided into the following 11 districts:
- Biele Vody
- Horna Hriňová
- Hriňová
- Jasenovo
- I Krivec
- Krivec II
- Mangútovo
- Slanec
- Snohy
- Štoliansko
- Vrchslatina
Neighboring municipalities are Valaská in the north, Sihla and Lom nad Rimavicou in the northeast, and Látky Detvianska Huta in the east, Podkriváň in the south, Korytárky the southwest, Detva in the west and Očová in the northwest.
History
The village was founded in the 18th century parts of the present-day city Detva as part of Herrschaftsguts of Vígľaš and 1863 mentioned as Hrinyová for the first time in writing. The population growth is due to the influx of farmers, but also the growth of the glassworks in this region. Finally, the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior allowed on 21 October 1890, the separation of Detva. On September 5, 1891 Hriňová was declared an independent municipality. 1895, the church today Detvianska Huta was outsourced. In addition to the glassworks, the population was in forestry, agriculture, livestock and as Köhler busy. Due to increasing costs, the glassworks was decommissioned in 1914 and has since no longer in operation, so that only a steam sawmill as a major employer remained.
Until 1918, the city located in the county Sohl belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and was then Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today. In the first Czechoslovak Republic, there was large-scale unemployment and poverty, so that the residents often had to seek work abroad. During the Slovak National Uprising, the environment played a significant role.
The city charter was Hriňová on 1 January 1989.
Population
According to the 2011 census lived in Hriňová 7,814 inhabitants, of whom 7,181 Slovaks, 20 Czechs, 15 Roma, four poles, three Moravians, two Hungarians and Ukrainians and German; five residents were of other ethnicity. 581 residents did not respond. 6,254 residents pleaded with the Roman Catholic Church, 122 inhabitants to the Evangelical Church AB, twelve residents of the Greek Catholic Church, ten residents of United Methodist Church, eight residents for evangelistic church and the Orthodox Church and five inhabitants to the Church of the Brethren; all other denominations had less than five believers and 14 inhabitants belonged to another, not included in statistics denomination. 505 inhabitants were non-denominational and 853 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.
Results according to the census 2001 (8.289 inhabitants):
After Ethnicity:
- 98.56 % Slovaks
- 0.42% Czechs
- 0.35% Roma
- 0.06 % Ukrainians
- 0.05 % Magyars
After Confession:
- 88.85 % Roman Catholic
- 6.19% no religious affiliation
- 2.40 % no answer
- 2.10% Evangelical
- 0.14% Greek Catholic
Structures
- Roman Catholic Church from 1947
- Examples of typical regional architecture in some villages / hamlets
Traffic
In the city, two country roads meet: the II/526 leads from Kriváň about Hriňová east to Kokava nad Rimavicou and Hnúšťa while the II/529 starts here and runs north after Brezno. A connection to the trunk road network is in Kriváň eight kilometers away ( road 1st order 50, E 58 ). There is no railway station in the municipality, the next is also located in Kriváň namely on the railway line Salgótarján - Vrútky (chain Zvolen - Fiľakovo ).
There are extensive local bus services as well as some cross-regional connections.