Dolná Ves

Coordinates: 48°39′56″N 18°54′45″E / 48.66556°N 18.9125°E / 48.66556; 18.9125

Dolná Ves
Village
Dolná Ves as seen from Ďurova Skala
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Žiar nad Hronom
Coordinates	48°39′56″N 18°54′45″E / 48.66556°N 18.9125°E / 48.66556; 18.9125
First mentioned	1429
Mayor	Milan Pračko (independent)
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	967 01
Area code	+421-45
Car plate	ZH
Location of Dolná Ves in Slovakia
Location of Dolná Ves in the Banská Bystrica Region
Wikimedia Commons: Dolná Ves
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS

Dolná Ves (before 1948(?): Šváb, older: Šváby; German: Schwabendorf; Hungarian: Sváb) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It is near the town of Kremnica.

The first written record about the village is from the year 1427 (Schwabendorff), when the village became the property of Kremnica. Dolná Ves was part of Kremnica in the Middle Ages and from 1808 to 1882. The village was founded by German colonists.

Gallery

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  View from a nearby hill

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  Žliebok

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  Ďurova Skala, Kremnica Mountains

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  Jastrabská skala, Kremnica Mountains

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  The church

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html.
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnaves/dolna-ves.html