Lisková

Lisková
Lisková
Village
	Liskova from the north
	Lisková Location of Lisková in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 49°05′18″N 19°21′07″E / 49.08833°N 19.35194°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina
District	Ružomberok
First mentioned	1252
Elevation	484 m (1,588 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,077
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	034 81
Area code	+421-44
Car plate	RK
Website	http://www.liskova.sk

Lisková is a village in the Ružomberok District of north-central Slovakia. It lies at an elevation of 484 m and has an area of 15.95 km². It had a population of 2,077 in 2011.^[1]

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1252. Of interest is Lisková Cave, a 1,900 m Guttenstein limestone formation from the middle Triassic. A cultic statuette of a horned bull was found in the cave. Other finds include the remains of a copper-age secondary burial (Lengyel culture), stone tools, and a mammoth tooth. The finds included the forehead of a human skull, which was destroyed in 1956. The remains were the first evidence of Pleistocene settlement in the territory of present-day Slovakia.^[2]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Lisková include:

Vavro Šrobár (1867–1950), doctor and politician^[3]

References

^ Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky – 31 December 2011 (ZIP 128,1 kB) Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)
^ Strhan, Milan, & Daniel, David P. (eds.). 1994. Slovakia and the Slovaks. A Concise Encyclopedia. Bratislava: Goldpress, pp. 354–355.
^ Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. 1996. A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, p. 148.