Valaská Belá
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Valaská Belá | |
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Village | |
Location of Valaská Belá in the Trenčín Region | |
Coordinates: 48°53′N 18°24′E / 48.883°N 18.400°E | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Trenčín |
District | Prievidza |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Valaská Belá (Hungarian: Bélapataka) is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.[1]
History[edit]
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1324.[citation needed]
Geography[edit]
The municipality lies at an altitude of 482 metres and covers an area of 64,774 km2.[citation needed] It has a population of about 2327 people.[citation needed]
Religion[edit]
Churches in the village include the wooden Saint Michal church.[citation needed] Local priest Juraj Gábor built the first single-aisle brick church[citation needed] in 1737. At the end of the 18th century, the parishioners built the brick chapel. The present church is from the year 1800. Primarily it was a longitudinal single-aisle church with one tower ornamented with prissian[check spelling] paintings.[citation needed] In 1929, two aisles were added, ornamented similarly to the main aisle. In 1944, the interior was painted by Štefan Enhoff.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ SÜLE, Peter; SÜLE, Peter, Jr. Encyclopedia of Towns and Villages of Slovakia. Lučenec : PS-LINE, 2005. 960 p. ISBN 80-969388-8-6. P. 249.
External links[edit]
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Valaská Belá homepage