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| Country |  Slovakia |
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| Region | Nitra | |
| District | Levice | |
| River | Hron | |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) | |
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| Area | 60. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The Nitra Region ( Slovak: Nitriansky Kraj) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. Levice District ( okres Levice) is a district inthe Nitra This article is about the River Hron For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron Hron (Hron Gran Garam Granus is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 996 km² (24 sq mi) | |
| Population | 35,980 (31 December 2006) | |
| Density | 590 /km² (1,528 /sq mi) | |
| First mentioned | 1156 | |
| Mayor | Štefan Mišák | |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 934 01 | |
| Phone prefix | 421-36 | |
| Car plate | LV | |
   Location of Levice within Slovakia
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| Wikimedia Commons: Levice | ||
| Statistics: MOŠ/MIS | ||
| Website: http://www.levice.sk | ||
Levice (Slovak pronunciation : /lɛvit͡sɛ/; Hungarian: Léva, German: Lewenz) is a town in western Slovakia. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river (Old Slavic name of the town was Leva, that means "the Left One"). This article is about the River Hron For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron Hron (Hron Gran Garam Granus is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube
The town is located in the north east corner of the Danubian Lowland (Podunajská nížina), 110 km east of Bratislava, 40 km sout east of Nitra, 42 mi north east of Nové Zámky, 32 km south west of Banská Štiavnica, 55 km south west of Zvolen and 25 km from the border with Hungary. The Serbian lowland is treated under Danube Plain (Serbia The Danubian Lowland or Danube Lowland (Podunajská nížina The Serbian lowland is treated under Danube Plain (Serbia The Danubian Lowland or Danube Lowland (Podunajská nížina ARTICLE TEXT BEGINS AFTER THESE COMMENTS - PLEASE READ 1 Please do not edit the lead without reading If you were looking for a chemical see Nitre or Nitro. Nitra ( Neutra ( Nyitra / Nyitria) is a city in western Nové Zámky ( Érsekújvár Neuhäusl Uyvar Novum Castrum is a town in southwestern Slovakia. Banská Štiavnica ( Schemnitz Selmecbánya is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense Caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano Zvolen ( Hungarian: Zólyom Altsohl is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers close to Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
Historic region (comitatus): Tekov
District: Levice - the largest district in Slovakia
Town's heraldic animal: lion (in Slovak „Lev“)
Town's colours: green and yellow
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History
Levice is first mentioned as Leua, one of villages submissed to the St. Martin's Church in Bratka (Baratka in Hungarian) in 1165. A comitatus (vármegye less frequently a comitat, or inaccurately a county; for the various names their origin and use see here) is the name of an Tekov ''Bars'' is the traditional name of a region situated in southern and central Slovakia. Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. Saint Martin is a tropical Island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (186 miles east of Puerto Rico.
Firstly attacked by Turks in 1544 - the town set aflame while the castle resisted. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish it was held by Turks for two decades, 1663- 1685. Under the Ottoman administration, Leva was the center of a sandjak, which was part of the Uyvar eyalet. Sanjak and Sandjak (other variants sinjaq sanjaq) are the most common English transcriptions of the Turkish word sancak Nové Zámky ( Érsekújvár Neuhäusl Uyvar Novum Castrum is a town in southwestern Slovakia. The subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire were Administrative divisions of the State organisation of the Ottoman Empire based on military administration but
Ototman rule came to an end in the summer of 1685, when the Austrian Imperial Army led by general de Souches gained an important victory at the Battle of Levice, beneath the town's castle.
During the anti-Habsburg revolution of 1709, the fort was blown out by kuruces. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The kuruc ( Hungarian: kuruczok/kurucok ''kuruc(z'' Slovak: kuruci ''kuruc'' was a term used to denote the armed anti- Habsburg
After the break-up of Austria-Hungary, the town was assigned to Czechoslovakia (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920). Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of World War I by the Allies of World War I, on one side and Hungary, seen as a successor
As part of the breakup of Czechoslovakia under the Munich Agreement, the town belonged again to Hungary from 1938 to 1945. The Munich Agreement (Mnichovská dohoda Mníchovská dohoda Münchner Abkommen Accords de Munich was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland, which were areas along borders Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
At the end of the Second World War it was returned to the restored Czechoslovakia, and with the peaceful division of its components became part of Slovakia, up to the present. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million
It was the hometown of Eugene Fodor (1905-1991), founder of Fodor's travel book company. Eugene Fodor (pronounced /ju'dʒin 'foʊdɚ/ ( October 14, 1905 in Léva, Hungary (now Levice, Slovakia) — February Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Fodor's (ˈfoʊdɚz is the world's largest publisher of English language Travel and Tourism information and the first relatively professional producer
Demographics
Ethnicity (2001 census)
- Slovak (84. } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is 83%)
- Hungarian (12. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. 23%)
- Czechs (1. 04%)
- Romani (Gypsy) (0. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins 36%)
- others.
Religious makeup
Roman Catholic (majority), Reformed Protestant (Calvinist), Moravian Brethren (the biggest congregation in Slovakia), Lutheran, Baptist, Old Catholic Church, Adventist of the 7th Day, Modrý kríž (Blue Cross), several Charismatic and Pentecostal communities, Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslim community (non-practising), Jewish community (non-practising), atheists
Economy
Production
textiles, cosmetics, furniture, products of locally obtained Golden Onyx, machinery and construction components, cereals, meat, eggs, dairy products, soda drinks, malt, wine (Levická frankovka – is a local red-wine trademark), one of Slovakia's two nuclear power plants is in Mochovce, 12 km north west of Levice. Calvinism (sometimes called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology) is a theological system and an approach to the This page is about the Moravian Church globally For information about the church in a particular geographic area use the links at Organisation below The Old Catholic Church is a Christian denomination originating with churches (many of them German -speaking that split from the Roman Catholic Church in The term Adventist generally refers to someone who believes in the Second Advent of Jesus (popularly known as the Second coming) in the tradition of the Millerites Modrý kríž (Slovak for Blue Cross) was a " Teetotalers society" originating in Stará Turá, Slovakia at the end of the 19th century The term charismatic movement describes the adoption from the early twentieth century onwards of certain beliefs typical of those held by Pentecostal Christians — specifically Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenialist Christian denomination A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Onyx is a Cryptocrystalline form of Quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades such as purple or blue The Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (Atómové elektrárne Mochovce abbr Mochovce (Mohi is a former village in western Slovakia, best known for its nuclear power plant It is situated in Nitra Region, ca 8 miles northwest
Education
8 elementary schools (7 secular including 1 Hungarian, 1 Roman-Catholic school), ordinary High School, Hungarian Calvinist High School (Lyceum), Business Academy, Pedagogical and Social Academy, Secondary Technical School, Secondary Agricultural School and various apprentice schools
Levice is the birthplace of geographer Kálmán Kittenberger (1881-1958). This article is about Lyceum as school or as public hall Lyceum can also be short for Lyceum Theatre. Kálmán Kittenberger ( Léva, October 10 1881 - Nagymaros, January 4 1958) was a Hungarian traveller natural
Main sights
- Castle, built in Gothic style as a road-guarding fort sometime to the end of 13th century.
- Dobo Chateau, built by István Dobó, a hero of the siege of Eger, in 1560s. Baron István Dobó de Ruszka (c 1502 - Szerednye (today Середнє (Szerednye / Serednie Ukraine) mid-June 1572 Eger is also the German name for the Czech town of
Places of worship
- St Joseph's Church, Roman-Catholic, accompanied by a baroque Franciscan convent, close to the entrance to the chateau, break of 17th and 18th centuries .
- St Michael's Church - Roman-Catholic, St Michael's street (Sv. Michala), 2nd half of 18th century
- Church of the Holy Spirit - Roman-Catholic, at the Rybniky quarter, break of 20th and 21st centuries
- Chapel of St Urban - Roman-Catholic, F. Hecku street, 1770s
- Evanjelický a. v. kostol - Lutheran, Cs. armady street, 1840s to 1930s
- Zborový dom (Congregational House) - Lutheran, next to the latter
- Kostol Reformovanej cirkvi' - Calvinist, Sv. Michala street, end of 18th century
- Zborový dom (Congregational House)' - Brethren Church, S. Chalupku street, 1983-85
- Synagogue' - Jewish, K. Kittenberger street, half of 19th century
Other sights
- Schoeller's Mill - built to the end of 19th century, production cancelled in 1998, rebuilt to a complex of luxury shops, offices, dwellings and entertainment facilities.
- Main square - a good collection of Art-Nouveau and eclectic buildings. Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single Paradigm or set of assumptions but instead draws upon multiple theories styles or ideas to
- Town hall - erected in 1902, second floor built-up while lifting the roof by a screw mechanism in 1927.
- Teachers Academy - secondary school, E point of the Kalvaria hill, N of the main square, built in 1911 as a mix of the late Art-Nouveau and Italian trecento-influenced historism. The Trecento (Italian for 300 or from "mille trecento" 1300 refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history
Functionalist architectures
- District Court Building - corner of Mlynska and Zahradna streets, projected by Milan Michal Harminc
- Fried's House - corner of L. Stura and Sv. Michala streets
- Strasser's House - Sturova street, next to the Fried's House
- Fertsek Brothers House - corner of Soltesova square and Ceskoslovenskej armady street
- Munk's House - corner of Mlynska and Zahradna streets
- Reitmann's House - Mlynska street, a passage to I. Krasku street
- Eisler's House - corner of Mlynska and L. Stura streets
- Police District Headquarters Building - former Seat of District Authority, crossing of Kalvinske square and Sv. Michala street
- Health Ensurance Company Building - M. R. Stefanik street, later Infant Hospital
Nearby topics
- Horša Valley / Horšianska Dolina - lovely nature preserve with unique floral and animal endemits, folk architecture in Horša, 46 km NE
- Kalinčiakovo - well preserved tiny Romanesque church from the half of 12th century, thermal swimming-pool of Margita-Ilona, 5 km SE
- Hronský Beňadik - medieval fort-monastery with majestic Gothic entrance, tombs and memorabilia of famous Hungarian noblemen, lovely natural scenery, 15 km N
- Želiezovce– Neoclassical residence of Count Eszterhazy, where the Austrian composer Franz Schubert used to stay in the Owl Chateau (Soví zámoček) to teach young ladies music, 20 km S
- Santovka– mineral water springs and swimming-pool, 10 mi SE
- Brhlovce– troglodyte-like dwellings cut into volcanic sub-layer that are suggested for the UNESCO World Heritage, 10 km E
- Čajkov– local folk-costume is one of the Slovakia's most colourful, annual wine harvest festival, arboretum, 8 N
- Pukanec– tiny mining town once enjoying the status of Free royal town, still surviving hand-made pottery production, 15 km NE
- Sitno– mythical and legendary volcanic mount in the Štiavnica Mountains, Celtic funeral place, medieval castle ruins, botanic nature reserve i. Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which Hronský Beňadik (before 1960: Svätý Beňadik, German Sankt Benedikt, Hungarian Garamszentbenedek) is a village in central Slovakia Želiezovce (Zelis (rare Zseliz is a Town in Slovakia in the Nitra Region, in the Levice District, near the Hron river Santovka (Szántó is a Village and Municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. In many places mineral water is often colloquially used to mean Carbonated water (which is usually carbonated mineral water as opposed to tap water Brhlovce is a Municipality and village in the Levice District of the south-west of Slovakia, in the Nitra Region. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Čajkov is a Village and Municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. An arboretum is a collection of trees Related collections include a fruticetum (from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub and a viticetum a collection of vines Pukanec (Bugganz / Puk(kan(tz, Bakabánya is a Village and Municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of southern In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware Sitno may refer to the following places in Poland Sitno Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland Sitno Bydgoszcz County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; Štiavnické vrchy are a volcanic Mountain range southern central Slovakia. Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts nature reserve ( natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is a Protected area of importance for Wildlife, flora e. because of rare species of roses, 30 NE
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