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Also known as Nemecka

Nemecká (; ) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The name, which can be translated as "German village", suggests villagers, or part of them, being of German origin.

Key facts

Slovak place.name
Nemecká
Slovak place.other_name
Garamnémetfalva
Slovak place.settlement_type
Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline
Nemecká.JPG
Slovak place.image_flag
Nemecka-brezno-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1
Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2
District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2
Brezno District
Slovak place.pushpin_map
Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief
1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Nemecká in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Nemecká in Slovakia
Slovak place.leader_title
Mayor
Slovak place.leader_name
Branislav Čižmárik
Slovak place.established_title
First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date
1281
Slovak place.elevation_m
425
Slovak place.postal_code_type
Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code
976 97

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Nemecká
Country
Slovakia
Population
1691
Area
24.630522
Elevation
425
Official website
www.nemecka.info
Image
Nemecká.JPG
Dialing code
048
Licence plate code
BR
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Commons category
Nemecká
topic's main category
Category:Nemecká
postal code
976 97
time of earliest written record
1281-00-00
native label
Nemecká
inception
1281-00-00
twinned administrative body
Kalavryta
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Geography
  • Population
  • Ethnicity
  • Religion
  • References
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Nemecká (; ) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The name, which can be translated as "German village", suggests villagers, or part of them, being of German origin.

The first written mention of the village is from 1281. The villagers were mostly farmers and forest workers. Later, basic industries like limeworks, brickworks etc. developed in the area. From the 18th century on, many locals took part in door-to-door selling of laces, manufacturing of which also took place in the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nemecká” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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