Jelšava

Geobox | Settlement
name = Jelšava
category = Town


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country = Slovakia
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region = Banská Bystrica
district = Revúca
municipality =
parent = Gemer
parent_type = Tourism region
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elevation = 258
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 37
lat_s = 32
lat_NS = N
long_d = 20
long_m = 14
long_s = 22
long_EW = E
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area = 46.8
area_round = 1
population = 3147
population_date = 2005-12-31
population_density = auto
established = 1243
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Milan Kolesár
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statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven430608&lstObec525791&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.jelsava.sk www.jelsava.sk]
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Jelšava ( _de. Eltsch or "Jelschau"; _hu. Jolsva; _la. Alnovia) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Geography

The town lies in the Revúcka vrchovina highlands at the border of the Slovak Ore Mountains and Slovak Karst, in the valley of the Muráň river, at an altitude of around 258 m. It is located by road around 10 km from Revúca, 100 km from Banská Bystrica and 105 km away from Košice.

Along to the main settlement, it also has "part" Teplá Voda, bit north-west of the town.

History

In historical records, the town was first mentioned in 1243 (1243 "Illswa", 1271 "Elswa", 1344 "Ilsua", 1564 "Jelssawa", 1573 "Jolssowa", 1582 "Ölch alias Ilschwa", 1594 "Oltcz", 1592 "Jelsowa, Josuach") as an important town and hammer , hosting German and Hungarian colonists. In the time it was ruled by Desiderius of the Ratoldy family, who was the founder of a new family, the Ilsvay (meaning "from Jelšava"). In 1556, Jelšava was besieged by Turks, to whom it had to pay tributes. In this period Protestantism arrived in the town. In the 17th century, Jelšava passed to the Bocskay family. The first magnesite furnace in present-day Slovakia was built in 1894. After breakup of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the town passed to Czechoslovakia, which controlled the town lied until 1993, with exception of years 1938–1945, when it was occupied by Hungary (see First Vienna Award). In 1993, the town became a part of Slovakia.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 3,287 inhabitants. 84.39% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 9.49% Roma, 2.46% Hungarians and 1.16% Czechs.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-12-21] The religious make-up was 40.77% Roman Catholics, 28.02% people with no religious affiliation and 16.28% Lutherans.

Famous people

*Ludwig Greiner, forester

References

External links

* [http://www.jelsava.sk Municipal website] sk icon