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PRIEVIDZA

PRIEVIDZA

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• Prievidza is a city in the central-western Slovakia. With 48,000 inhabitants it is one of the biggest municipalities in the Trenčín Region.

• Prievidza lies at an altitude of 280 metres above sea level and covers an area of 43.06 square kilometres.

• Prievidza is 11th largest city in Slovakia.

• District Prievidza is the largest district of Trenčín Region, has 113 662 inhabitants and the 5th most populated district in Slovakia

• The city lies, is surrounded by mountain ranges on all sides, in the west Strážov Mountains, in the north Malá Fatra, in the east Žiar and in the south Vtáčnik.

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HISTORY OF PRIEVIDZA• The beginnings of a rich

history of the original settlement of prividia were written by hunters´community settled on the Mariánsky vŕšok.

• The city was first mentioned in 1113 as Preuigan. It was promoted to a royal free town in 1383.

• Since the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, industry started to grow, as the railways to Prievidza were constructed.

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HISTORY OF PRIEVIDZA• Since the end of the war, the

population has grown enormously from 5,000 inhabitants to around 53,000 inhabitants, as industry grew.

• Prievidza became the home of many miners and workers that found employment in the coal mines, the power station and the chemical factory in the nearby town of Nováky.

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PRIEVIDZA HAS 6 BOROUGHS• Staré mesto (Old Town in English), Píly, Necpaly,

Kopanice, Zápotôčky and Žabník

• Three adjoining villages that are an administrative part of Prievidza: Hradec, Malá Lehôtka and Veľká Lehôtka.

MONUMENTS• Church of the Holy Trinity - Today is

one of the most beautiful Baroque buildings in central Europe

• Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - the oldest church in Prievidza, originally part Prievidzská castle.

• Locomotive station

• Monument in honor of the fallen fighters world War II

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INDUSTRY• Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza - operator complex mines in Nováky, Handlová and Cígeľ. The largest employer in the county.

• Nestlé – food profuction company

• Slovaktual – plastics for windows

• Rübig – metallurgical industry

• Unipharma - distributor of drugs, pharmaceuticals and medical devices

• The tradition of research institutes in the field of chemistry and mining (PETROCHÉMIA, BEVEX, Bastro)

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RELAX, SPORTS, TOURISM• Basketball – Slovak champions, Voleyball, Minigolf, Golf, Bowling,

• Cinema, Galleries, Museum

• International airport with irregular shipping, Aeroklub Prievidza

• Bojnice castle, ZOO, SPA