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Žilina railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Žilina) serves the city and municipality of Žilina, seat of the Žilina Region, northern Slovakia.Opened in 1871, the station is an important railway junction between the Bratislava–Žilina railway and the Košice–Žilina railway, both of which form part of Slovakia's main east–west rail corridor.
Žilina Airport (IATA: ILZ, ICAO: LZZI) is an international public airport located in Žilina, Slovakia.Located near the village of Dolný Hričov, the airport is situated approximately 15 km from the city centre of Žilina and 12 km from the city's railway station. [1]
Štefana kráľa) is the oldest architectural relic of town Zilina, [15] located just 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) southwest from the center. It is one of the first Romanesque churches in Slovakia, [16] dating back to the years 1200–1250, by the experts.
It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km 2 and a population of 688,851 (2011). The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the Western Carpathians.Some of the mountain ranges in the region include Javorníky, the Lesser Fatra and the Greater Fatra in the west, Oravská Magura, Chočské vrchy, Low Tatras and Western Tatras in the east.
The Košice transit company was founded in 1891 by Stefan Popper, [1] who built the first track for a horse-drawn tramway. The company had the Magyar name Kassai Közúti Vasút – KKK ("Košice Street Railway"). [2]
Žilina District (Slovak: Okres Žilina) is an okres (district) of the Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia.The district was first established in 1923. Its present borders date from 1996.
The University of Žilina was established on 1 October 1953 as the College of Railways in Prague.In 1959, the institution changed its name to the University of Transport and moved to Žilina.
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