Poltár

Poltár (Hungarian Poltár ) is a town in central Slovakia.

Geography

The city is located in the hilly southern Slovakia boiler, south of the Revúcka Highlands ( " noise Bergland ", part of the Slovak Ore Mountains) on the rivers Ipeľ and Poltarica, 18 km north-east of Lučenec, 24 km from Rimavská Sobota and 80 km southeast of Banská Bystrica.

The average annual temperature is 8 ° C and annual precipitation is about 700 mm.

Poltár divided into 5 districts:

• Hájiky - Maky
• Poltár
• Prievrana
• Slaná Lehota (1964 incorporated )
• Zelené (1966 incorporated )

History

In today's municipality were several finds from the Bronze Age, found remains of a Slavic fortress from the 7th and 8th centuries and floor plan of a medieval fortress. Poltár in 1246 first mentioned in writing as silva Polta and belonged to 1330 the Zach family, then to the 18th century, the Soos family. In the 15th century there was a small Giskra Fortress in place. In the 16th century Poltár was divided into an upper and a lower part; in the years 1554-1593 it was occupied by the Ottomans. After the village since 1742 and the family since the late 18th century, several nobles. During this time there were two mills in the town. 1828 there were 83 houses in Poltár in which lived 56 inhabitants. The population engaged in agriculture, binding and pottery. 1869 a brickyard was opened.

Until 1918 Poltár belonged in the county Neograd the Kingdom of Hungary, then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. 1964 or 1966, the independent village Slaná Lehota, or Zelené was incorporated and since 1969 Poltár enjoys the municipal law.

Today the city for his glass works ( Slovglass Poltár ) is known, but ran into financial difficulties after the fall in 1989.

Attractions

• Protestant churches in Poltár (1791 ) and in the districts Slaná Lehota ( 1869) and Zelené (1835 )
• Modern Roman Catholic. Church of St. Cyril and Methodius (1997)
• Originally classicist, later neo-Gothic country chateau with a park ( 1782 )
• (also called Turecky most, German " Turkish Bridge") built by Ottomans stone bridge over the river Ipeľ

Traffic

The city is accessible via the national road 595 of Tomášovce at Lučenec or Kokava nad Rimavicou from. There is also a train track with some Nahverkehrszugsverbindungen after Lučenec or Utekáč; the route Rimavská Sobota has been shut down since 2000.

The city is connected by bus services to Lučenec or Rimavská Sobota.

Personalities

• Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia