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Martin (Slovak pronunciation: ⓘ; until 1951 Turčiansky Svätý Martin, Hungarian: Turócszentmárton, German: Turz-Sankt Martin, Latin: Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis) is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec river, between the Malá Fatra and Veľká Fatra mountains, near the city of Žilina. The population numbers ...
The city of Martin is the location and seat of the largest Slovak library, the Slovak National Museum, the cultural organisation Matica Slovenská and the Slovak Red Cross. In the district are 16 sport clubs, including ice hockey, football and handball, which all have their separate sport halls.
Memorial plaque to the Declaration of the Slovak Nation in Martin, Slovakia. The Martin Declaration (Slovak: Martinská deklarácia) is the name usually given to the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovak: Deklarácia slovenského národa) that was proclaimed in the town of Turčiansky Svätý Martin (now Martin, Slovakia) on 30 October 1918.
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Finally, the museum was established in the 1961, by the Slovak National Museum in Martin [3] and in 1964-66 the 218 objects from 113 villages were selected to create the reconstructed village settlements from 13 regions. The foundation stone of the Museum of Slovak Village was laid on 3 September 1968.
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 obcí (singular obec, "municipality") in Slovakia. [1] They are grouped into 79 districts (okresy, singular okres), in turn grouped into 8 regions (kraje, singular kraj); articles on individual districts and regions list their municipalities.
Map of Slovakia This is a list of municipalities in Slovakia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as " town twinning " (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Location of Martin District in the Zilina Region Bystrička ( Hungarian : Turócbeszterce ) is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia . History