Krivá

Krivá (Hungarian Kriva ) is a municipality in Okres Dolny Kubin within the Žilinský in Slovakia, with 802 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2011).

Geography

Krivá is located on the left bank of the Arwa between the mountain ranges Orava Magura and Skorušinské Hills in the Western Carpathians, 11 kilometers from Tvrdošín, 22 kilometers from Dolny Kubin and 86 kilometers from the regional capital city of Žilina.

History

The first written mention of the village dates from 1575 ( other sources say 1550). The place was outweigh dominated by agriculture, with a share of pottery and weaving. Around 1900, there were major waves of emigration, especially to the United States.

Today's neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Joseph was built in 1925/26. The rich Innenausmalung created Julius Adam 1936; It was restored in 1994.