Dobšiná
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 Town hall in Dobšiná
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| Country | Slovakia | |
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| Region | Košice | |
| District | Rožňava | |
| Tourism region | Gemer | |
| Elevation | 468 m (1,535 ft) | |
| Coordinates | 48°49′14″N 20°21′57″E / 48.82056°N 20.36583°E | |
| Area | 82.727 km2 (32 sq mi) | |
| Population | 5,125 (31 December 2005) | |
| Density | 62 / km2 (161 / sq mi) | |
| First mentioned | 1326 | |
| Mayor | Karol Horník | |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 04925 | |
| Phone prefix | 421-58 | |
| Car plate | RV | |
   Location of Dobšiná in Slovakia
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  Location of Dobšiná in the Košice Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Dobšiná | ||
| Statistics: MOŠ/MIS | ||
| Website: http://www.dobsina.sk | ||
Dobšiná (German: Dobschau; Hungarian: Dobsina; Latin: Dobsinium) is a town in the Slovenské rudohorie mountains (Slovak Ore Mountains) in Slovakia, on the Slaná River, north-west of Košice.
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[edit] Geography
It is situated between Revúcka vrchovina and Volovské vrchy in the Carpathians, and lies to the south of the beautiful Stratená valley, watered by the river Hnilec, and enclosed on all sides by mountains. The well-known ice cave Dobšinská Ice Cave (discovered in 1870) can be found in that valley and belongs to the territory of the village.
[edit] History
The first written reference to the settlement occurred in 1326; the text mentions that ethnic German mining experts had settled here. It received a town charter in 1417, becoming a major town for the minority of Carpathian Germans. The town was a center of mining (gold, silver, nickel, later iron, cobalt, copper, mercury etc.) and iron processing in the past. In the vicinity are mines of various materials, some of them very ancient.
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the town had 4,896 inhabitants. 88.58% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 9.01% Roma, 0.63% Hungarians and 0.27% Czechs.[1] The religious make-up was 35.23% Roman Catholics, 33.58% people with no religious affiliation, 25.25% Lutherans and 0.47% Greek Catholics.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Slovak)
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