Liptovský Mikuláš

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Liptovský Mikuláš

Region (kraj)	Žilina Region
District (okres)	Liptovský Mikuláš
Location	49°05′03″N, 19°36′08″E
Altitude	577 m
Population	32,500 (as of 2004)
Area	69.97 km²
Time Zone • Summer DST	CET: UTC+1 CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix	+421-44
Postal code	03101
Car registration plate	LM

Liptovský Mikuláš (German: Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus; Hungarian: Liptószentmiklós) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River. It lies in the Liptov region, in Liptovská kotlina near the Low Tatra and Tatra mountains. Liptovský Mikuláš is also known as town of guilds and culture.

1 History
2 Tourism
3 People
4 Gallery
5 External links

[edit] History

The town of Mikuláš was mentioned first in the royal deed of King Ladislav IV in 1286. The first written record mentioning the Church of Saint Nicolaus which was to become the founding element of a larger settlement dates back to 1299. The Church of Saint Nicolaus is the oldest building in the town of Liptovský Mikuláš.

Mikuláš was one of the most important centre of crafts in the Liptov region. The craftsmen formed guilds. The oldest guild was shoemaker's guild mentioned in 1508. There were also other guilds: the guild of smiths, furriers, tailors, hatters, butchers.

[edit] Tourism

The town is one of the most famous tourist centre in Slovakia because of its rich cultural life and also it is perfect starting point for tourists.

[edit] People

Jozef Božetech Klemens (1817), painter
Ján Levoslav Bella (1843), composer
Samuel Fischer (1859), publisher
Aurel Stodola (1859), physicist
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871), engineer, inventor
Martin Rázus (1888, Vrbica), author, politician
Ivan Stodola poet, dramatist, doctor
Janko Kráľ, poet
Janko Alexy (1894), painter
Koloman Sokol (1902), painter
Ladislav Hanus (1907), philosopher, theologian, author
Michal Martikán (1979), sportsman
Milan Jurčina (1983), NHL player

[edit] Gallery

Fountain	Town centre	Janko Kráľ's monument.	Kostol sv. Mikuláša
Evanjelický kostol

[edit] External links

Official website

edit	Municipalities of Liptovský Mikuláš District
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