Gemerská Poloma
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gemerská Poloma is a village and large municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.
Contents |
[edit] History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1282. At that time it was called Poloma. At the end of 14th century Poloma was divided into two separated villages - Small Poloma and Big Poloma. The two villages were united together again in 1958. The original name of the village comes from "polom" which means broken. The story says that there was a big storm one day nearby the current village in the mountains and ruined the dwellings of the habitants. They therefore chose to move away from the place and settle down closer to the river.
Gemerska Poloma was invaded by Turks in 1557 and belonged to family Bebek from Stitnik until the end of 16th century.
Several people died due to the cholera epidemy in the period 1873-1875.
[edit] Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 342 metres and covers an area of 57.635 km². It has a population of about 2020 people. The river Slana passes on the southern part of the village. There are three important mountains surrounding the village: Turecka on the south, Volovec on the south-west and Sulova on the north.
[edit] Culture
The village has a public library a swimming pool (non-functional) and a football pitch.
The most important people born in Gemerska Poloma are Peter Kellner-Hostinský and Peter Madac. Peter Kellner-Hostinský (1823-1873) was a important writer, philosopher, historitian, economist. Peter Madac was a famous doctor of medicine and a specialist in physics.
[edit] External links
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- http://www.gemerskapoloma.sk/
- http://www.gemerskapoloma.ou.sk/
|