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Považská Bystrica

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Považská Bystrica (Waagbistritz; Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. [1]

58 relations: Andrej Meszároš, Žilina, Baden culture, Bratislava, Burg Považská Bystrica, Catholic Church, Celts, Census, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Chapel of Saint Helena, Slovakia, Charter 77, Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Povazska Bystrica, Czech Republic, Czechs, Docomomo International, Dorota Nvotová, Emeric Thököly, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Hussites, Irena Blühová, Janko Kroner, John Zápolya, Kalvaria Povazska Bystrica, Karabiner 98k, Lutheranism, Manínska Gorge, Manor Povazske Podhradie, Maple Mountains, Marián Vajda, Matthew III Csák, Matthias Corvinus, Michal Mertiňák, Milochov, Nimnica, Nitra, Podmanitzky family, Považská Bystrica District, Považský hrad, Rajecké Teplice, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Súľov Rocks, Slovak language, Slovakia, Slovaks, Stephen Bocskai, Strážov Mountains, The NeverEnding Story (film), Town, Trenčín Region, ..., Upper Váh region, Varín, Váh, Vehicle registration plates of Slovakia, Viaduct Považská Bystrica, Vz. 24, World War II, Zagreb. Expand index (8 more) »

Andrej Meszároš

Andrej Meszároš (born 13 October 1985) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of HC Slovan Bratislava.

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Žilina

Žilina (Sillein, or; Zsolna; Żylina, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders.

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Baden culture

The Baden culture, 3600–2800 BC, is a Chalcolithic culture found in Central and Southeast Europe.

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Bratislava

Bratislava (Preßburg or Pressburg, Pozsony) is the capital of Slovakia.

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Burg Považská Bystrica

Burg is a manor-house underneath the castle Považský hrad, on the south.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation of ''Celt'' for different usages) were an Indo-European people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities, although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Chapel of Saint Helena, Slovakia

The Chapel of Saint Helena in Považská Bystrica, Slovakia, was built in 1728 in the Baroque style by Count Peter Szapáry.

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Charter 77

Charter 77 (Charta 77 in Czech and in Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in communist Czechoslovakia from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977.

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Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Povazska Bystrica

Kostol Navstivenia Panny Marie lies in the town centre in Povazska Bystrica.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic (Česká republika), also known by its short-form name Czechia (Česko), is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast.

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Czechs

The Czechs (Češi,; singular masculine: Čech, singular feminine: Češka) or the Czech people (Český národ), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and Czech language.

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Docomomo International

Docomomo International (sometimes written as DoCoMoMo or simply Docomomo) is a non-profit organization whose full title is International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement.

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Dorota Nvotová

Dorota Nvotová (born 27 October 1982 in Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak singer, actress and journalist of newspaper.týždeň.

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Emeric Thököly

Emeric Thököly de Késmárk (késmárki Thököly Imre; Imrich Tököli; 25 September 1657 – 13 September 1705) was prince of Upper Hungary from 1682 to 1685, and prince of Transylvania in 1690.

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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I (Fernando I) (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 1527 until his death.

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Hussites

The Hussites (Husité or Kališníci; "Chalice People") were a pre-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation.

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Irena Blühová

Irena Blühová (2 March 1904 – 30 November 1991) was one of the first women Slovak photographers and one of the first photographers in Czeckoslovakia to utilize photography as a means of documentary study and social commentary.

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Janko Kroner

Janko Kroner (born June 1, 1956) is a Slovak film, television and stage actor.

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John Zápolya

John Zápolya, or John Szapolyai (Ivan Zapolja, Szapolyai János or Zápolya János, Ioan Zápolya, Ján Zápoľský, Jovan Zapolja/Јован Запоља; 1490 or 1491 – 22 July 1540), was King of Hungary (as John I) from 1526 to 1540.

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Kalvaria Povazska Bystrica

Kalvaria Považská Bystrica (is a collection of fourteen buildings, of which thirteen are chapels, situated in Slovakia depicting the journey of Jesus Christ through to his crucifixion.

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Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98 kurz ("carbine 98 short", often abbreviated Kar98k or K98k) is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge that was adopted on 21 June 1935 as the standard service rifle by the German Wehrmacht.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.

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Manínska Gorge

Manínska Gorge (in Slovak, Manínska tiesňava) is a national nature reserve, and the narrowest canyon in Slovakia.

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Manor Povazske Podhradie

Szapáry castle is a manor house on the east, lower from Burg and below the castle Považský hrad in Považská Bystrica municipality.

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Maple Mountains

Maple Mountains (Czech and Slovak: Javorníky) is a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Marián Vajda

Marián Vajda (born 24 March 1965) is a former Slovak tennis player and coach.

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Matthew III Csák

Máté Csák or Matthew III Csák (between 1260–65 – 18 March 1321; Csák (III) Máté, Matúš Čák III), also Máté Csák of Trencsén (trencséni Csák (III.) Máté, Matúš Čák III Trenčiansky) was a Hungarian oligarch who ruled de facto independently the north-western counties of Medieval Hungary (today roughly the western half of present-day Slovakia and parts of Northern Hungary).

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Matthias Corvinus

Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I (Hunyadi Mátyás, Matija Korvin, Matia Corvin, Matej Korvín, Matyáš Korvín), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490.

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Michal Mertiňák

Michal Mertiňák (born 11 October 1979) is a professional tennis player from Slovakia.

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Milochov

Milochov is a village in the Považská Bystrica District, Trenčín Region of northwestern Slovakia Category:Parts of the Považská Bystrica city.

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Nimnica

Nimnica (Nemőc) is a spa village and municipality in Púchov District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.

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Nitra

Nitra (also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra.

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Podmanitzky family

The Podmanitzky family was an influential noble family from Upper Hungary, in the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Považská Bystrica District

Považská Bystrica District (okres Považská Bystrica,; Vágbesztercei járás) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.

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Považský hrad

Považský hrad (other names: Hrad Bystrica, Bystrický hrad, Beszterce, Bistrizza, Bestruche castrum) is a ruin of medieval castle on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica in Slovakia.

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Rajecké Teplice

Rajecké Teplice (Rajecfürdő) is a spa town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia.

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Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Zlín Region, Czech Republic.

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Súľov Rocks

The Súľov Rocks (Súľovské skaly) is a national nature reserve situated within the Súľov Mountains region of Slovakia.

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Slovak language

Slovak is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages (together with Czech, Polish, and Sorbian).

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Slovaks

The Slovaks or Slovak people (Slováci, singular Slovák, feminine Slovenka, plural Slovenky) are a nation and West Slavic ethnic group native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.

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Stephen Bocskai

Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay (Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606.

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Strážov Mountains

The Strážov Mountains (Strážovské vrchy) are a mountain range in northwestern Slovakia, being part of Inner Western Carpathians, and of the Fatra-Tatra Area.

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The NeverEnding Story (film)

The NeverEnding Story (German: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a 1984 English-language West German epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende, about a boy who reads a magical book that tells a story of a young warrior whose task is to stop a dark force called the Nothing from engulfing a mystical world.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Trenčín Region

The Trenčín Region (Trenčiansky kraj.,; Trenčínský kraj) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions.

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Upper Váh region

Upper Váh region (Horné Považie) is the tourism region in the north-west of Slovakia, because of its beautiful countryside it is one of the most visited regions in Slovakia.

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Varín

Varín is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

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Váh

The Váh (Waag; Vág; Wag) is the longest river within Slovakia.

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Vehicle registration plates of Slovakia

Vehicles registered in Slovakia are generally assigned to one of the districts (okres) and since 1997, the licence plate coding (EČV, evidenčné číslo vozidla) generally consists of seven characters and takes the form XX-NNNLL, where XX is a two letter code corresponding to the district, NNN is three digit number and LL are two letters (assigned alphabetically).

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Viaduct Považská Bystrica

Estakáda Považská Bystrica (working name: Most 206) is an extradosed bridge leading across the narrowest part of Považská Bystrica in Slovakia.

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Vz. 24

The vz.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Považská_Bystrica

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