Oravský Podzámok

Orava Podzámok ( until 1927 without suffix Slovak " Podzámok "; German Lower Castle - rare Arwa, Hungarian Árvaváralja ) is a municipality in the north of Slovakia, in the countryside Arwa. It is located in Arwatal, between the mountains of the Orava Orava Magura and the Highlands, located about 11 km from Dolny Kubin and 29 km from the Polish border.

The village was first mentioned in writing in 1559 and developed from a settlement in the Orava Castle.

To the municipality include also the places Široká and Dolna Lehota (1974 amalgamated ).

The Orava Castle

Personalities

• Ján Sinapius - Horčička (1625-1682), Slovak humanist and theologian