Kopernica
Village in Slovakia
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Coat of arms
48°41′09″N 18°52′26″E / 48.68583°N 18.87389°E / 48.68583; 18.87389
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Kopernica (German: Deutschlitta; Hungarian: Barskapronca) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
Etymology
The name comes from koper (Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + -nica. "The land where the wild dill grows".[8]
History
The village belonged to a German language island, known as Hauerland.[2] The German population was expelled in 1945.
In 1990, Poor Clares returned to the village and established a new monastery in the municipality.[9]
Notabler personalities
- Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), track and field athlete, racewalker
See also
References
- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "História obce" [History of the village]. kopernica.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ SODB - Kopernica, 2011
- ^ SODB - Kopernica, 2011
- ^ Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest" (PDF). Kultúra slova (5). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 277.
- ^ fc (2014-12-16). "Klarisky kapucínky z Kopernice". Zasvätený život (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
External links
- Surnames of living people in Kopernica
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Municipalities of Žiar nad Hronom District
- Bartošova Lehôtka
- Bzenica
- Dolná Trnávka
- Dolná Ves
- Dolná Ždaňa
- Hliník nad Hronom
- Horná Ves
- Horná Ždaňa
- Hronská Dúbrava
- Ihráč
- Janova Lehota
- Jastrabá
- Kopernica
- Kosorín
- Krahule
- Kremnické Bane
- Kunešov
- Ladomerská Vieska
- Lehôtka pod Brehmi
- Lovča
- Lovčica-Trubín
- Lúčky
- Lutila
- Nevoľné
- Pitelová
- Prestavlky
- Prochot
- Repište
- Sklené Teplice
- Slaská
- Stará Kremnička
- Trnavá Hora
- Vyhne
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