Dolná Ves

Template:Geobox 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

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1674-1913 (parish B)

• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1666-1891 (parish B)

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html.
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnaves/dolna-ves.html
• Surnames of living people in Dolna Ves