Martin, Slovakia

Martin ( to 1950 Slovak " Turčiansky Svätý Martin "; German Turz - Sankt Martin, Hungarian Turócszentmárton, Latin Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis ) is a town in central Slovakia, which at the foot of the Lesser Fatra and Velka Fatra in the traditional landscape Turcianska and on homonymous river Turcianska ( German Turz ) is situated and Žilinský ( Žilina Region ) belongs. It is located at about 390 m above sea level. Sea level and covers an area of ​​6,774 ha; it has about 57,000 inhabitants.

Importance

Martin is a regional center and very important for the national culture of the Slovaks - among other things, the city is the seat of the National Cultural Foundation Matica Slovenská. Today's Slovak standard language based on the spoken dialect in the area. The town is the starting point for hikes in the Little and Great Fatra.

History

The city was first mentioned in 1264 as Zenthmarton. But she was already in the Hallstatt period a settlement site, as shown by recent excavations. 1340 was the place the municipal law. 1430 Martin was burned down during the Hussitenaufstände. The rapidly growing population, it was thanks to them that there were many guilds in the town in the 17th and 18th centuries.

1918 Martin was the place where the so-called Martiner declaration was adopted.

In 2011, the city received an award from the United Nations for preventing and combating corruption in the public sector. This prize was awarded to Martin with the Transparent City project that was started in collaboration with Transparency International Slovensko a few years ago.

Name

The first source of evidence dates from 1264 as Zenthmarton - Hungarian St. Martin - and 1284 villa Sancti Martini - Latin settlement of St. Martin. This original name was the name of the town church, so the patronage over. The Turz attribute that is derived from the name of the county of the same name, was added according to sources at the latest in 1353. From 1919, the city was officially Turčiansky Svätý Martin and in 1951 it was renamed Martin, since the word Svätý ( "holy" ) was undesirable in the names of municipalities for the then ruling Communists.

Economy

By far the most important industry was operating at the time of the Cold War in the heavy equipment and weapons producer " ZŤS Martin " with more than 10,000 employees, one of the largest tank factories in the Soviet bloc. Today in Martin establishments in the automotive, paper, furniture and food industries.

Attractions

  • Reconstructed city center with renovated building of the " Tatra Banka " ( built in 1900 ).
  • Slovak National Cemetery with about 200 known Slovak personalities
  • 3 Building the Slovak Matica ( " Matica Slovenská ," science and civilizing institution of Slovaks, see also History of Slovakia): the first of 1864-65 is neoclassical, the second is from 1924 to 1925, the new, including the Slovak National Library and a manuscript collection dates from 1977
  • Neoclassic theater from 1888
  • Churches: Catholic St. Martin's Church from the 13th century ( in the 15th century expanded ) with valuable wall paintings from the 14th century
  • Classical Protestant church, which was built as a tolerance Church
  • Synagogue from the second half of the 19th century the Jewish cemetery
  • Museums, galleries and the like: Muzeum slovenskej dediny ( Museum of the Slovak Village, an outdoor museum with folk objects from all over Slovakia, for example, with an evangelical wooden church
  • Tučianske múzeum Andreja Kmeťa ( Turzer Andrej KMET Museum), the first building of the Slovak National Museum built in 1932; KMET was an important archaeologist and ethnographer
  • Martin Benka Muzeum, the Slovak painter Benka
  • Turčianska galéria ( Turzer gallery), Gallery of Fine Arts in the former administrative center with exhibitions of modern Slovak art
  • Built Ethnographic Museum of the Slovak National Museum, 1933
  • Slovenské národné literárne múzeum Matice slovenskej ( Slovak National Literary Museum of the Slovak Matica )

Districts

The city consists of the following 10 districts:

  • Jahodníky (1913 incorporated )
  • Košúty (1913 incorporated )
  • Martin
  • Podháj
  • Priekopa (1971 incorporated )
  • Tomčány (1949 incorporated )
  • Záturčie (1971 incorporated )
  • Ľadoveň
  • Sever
  • Stráne

Sports

The hockey club MHC Martin plays since the establishment of the Slovak Extraliga almost exclusively in this.

Twin Cities

  • Jičín Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
  • Karviná Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
  • Poland Kalisz (Poland )
  • Croatia Sisak (Croatia )
  • Békéscsaba Hungary (Hungary )
  • Germany Gotha ( Germany )
  • Netherlands Hoogeveen (Netherlands)
  • Serbia Petrovac (Serbia, in Vojvodina there )

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Barbora Bobulova, Slovak actress
  • Patrícia Fischerová ( born August 26, 1993), Slovak football player
  • Dalibor Karvay (born 24 July 1985), Slovak violinist
  • Branislav Sloboda, Slovak- German forestry scientist, mathematician and computer scientist
  • Róbert Švehla ( b. 1969 ), Slovak ice hockey player
  • Janko Jesenský ( born December 30, 1874), Slovak lawyer, civil servant and writer
  • Paula Voit (* 1857), mother of the famous Hungarian composer, Béla Bartók.
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