Jelšava
Sign in to saveJelšava ( or Jelschau; ) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Jelšava
- Slovak place.other_name
- Jolsva
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Jelšava KS1.jpg
- Slovak place.image_caption
- Protestant church
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Jelsava-revuca-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Jelšava.png
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Revúca District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Jelšava in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Jelšava in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Milan Kolesár
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1243
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 258
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Famous people
- See also
- References
- Genealogical resources
- External links
Jelšava ( or Jelschau; ) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
==Etymology== The name is derived from Slovak jelša (alder). Jelšava means "a place overgrown with alders" or "a forest with alders".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jelšava” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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