Litava

Litava
Village
Country Slovakia
Region Banská Bystrica
District Krupina
Tourism region Hont
Coordinates 48°17′56″N 19°10′46″E / 48.29889°N 19.17944°E / 48.29889; 19.17944Coordinates: 48°17′56″N 19°10′46″E / 48.29889°N 19.17944°E / 48.29889; 19.17944
Area 22.13 km2 (9 sq mi)
Population 767 (31. 12. 2015)
Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)
First mentioned 1135
Mayor Ľubica Tuhárska
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 962 44
Phone prefix 421-45
Car plate KA
Location of Litava in Slovakia
Location of Litava in the Banská Bystrica Region
Wikimedia Commons: Litava
Website: http://www.obeclitava.sk

Litava is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

History

The village was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1135. Already in this year a Romanesque chapel was present in the village. With the presence of this church, the village served as a kind of spiritual, cultural and social center of the region since the 12th century. In the 15th century Litava was a tolling point. In 1496 already the village had its own mill. In 1613 a wooden school stood in the middle of the village which was rebuilt into a brick school in 1811.[1]

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