Kláštor pod Znievom (Hungarian: Znióváralja, German: Kloster-Kühhorn) is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, south west from Martin, near the Malá Fatra mountains.

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Kláštor pod Znievom
Village
Calvary church
Kláštor pod Znievom Location of Kláštor pod Znievom within Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°58′20″N 18°48′30″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Žilina
District	Martin
First mentioned	1113
Area
• Total	39.02[1] km2 (15.07[1] sq mi)
Elevation	494[2] m (1,621[2] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,778[3]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	038 43[2]
Area code	+421 43[2]
Car plate	MT
Website	www.obecklastor.sk
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In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1113. Its castle Zniev was built by Andrew Hont-Pázmány. From 1242 to 1249 the castle was the seat of king Béla IV of Hungary. Around the half of the 13th century, the settlement got town privileges as the first one in the Turiec region, but it lost them in 1666 during at the times of reformation and counter-reformation. In the second half of the 19th century, Kláštor pod Znievom became one of the centres of Slovak national movement, as one of three Slovak high schools was opened here in 1869, but was closed down in 1874 as a result of the Magyarization policy. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Kláštor pod Znievom was part of Turóc County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 500 metres and covers an area of 39.029 km². It has a population of about 1577 people.

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