Dolná Ves (before 1948(?): Šváb, older: Šváby; German: Schwabendorf; Hungarian: Sváb) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It is near the town of Kremnica.
Dolná Ves | |
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Village | |
 Dolná Ves as seen from Ďurova Skala | |
  Dolná Ves Location of Dolná Ves in the Banská Bystrica Region  Dolná Ves Dolná Ves (Slovakia) | |
| Coordinates: 48°39′56″N 18°54′45″E / 48.66556°N 18.91250°E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Banská Bystrica |
| District | Žiar nad Hronom |
| First mentioned | 1429 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Milan Pračko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.36[2] km2 (0.91[2] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 418[3] m (1,371[3] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 224[1] |
| Population by ethnicity (2011) | |
| • Slovak | 86% |
| • Roma | 1.7% |
| • Others | 1.2% |
| • Unreported | 11.1% |
| Population by religion (2011) | |
| • Roman Catholic | 68.6% |
| • Congregationalist | 3.3% |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| • Non-religious | 12.8% |
| • Unreported | 12.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 966 31[3] |
| Area code | +421 45[3] |
| Car plate | ZH |
| Website | http://dolnaves.sk/ |
The first written record about the village is from the year 1427 (Schwabendorff), when the village became the property of Kremnica. Dolná Ves was part of Kremnica in the Middle Ages and from 1808 to 1882. The village was founded by German colonists[citation needed].
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View from a nearby hill -
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The church -
Statue of Saint John Nepomucene
Genealogical resources edit
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"
- Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1674-1913 (parish B)
- Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1666-1891 (parish B)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ SODB - Dolná Ves, 2011
- ^ SODB - Dolná Ves, 2011
External links edit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html.
- http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnaves/dolna-ves.html
- Surnames of living people in Dolna Ves
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