Kopernica

Kopernica

Kopernica

Village in Slovakia

For the village in Poland, see Kopernica, Poland.

Kopernica (German: Deutschlitta; Hungarian: Barskapronca) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

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Etymology

The name comes from koper (Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + -nica. "The land where the wild dill grows".[7]

History

The village belonged to a German language island, known as Hauerland.[1] The German population was expelled in 1945.

In 1990, Poor Clares returned to the village and established a new monastery in the municipality.[8]

Notabler personalities

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "História obce" [History of the village]. kopernica.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. [2]
    "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.
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    "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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    "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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    SODB - Kopernica, 2011
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    SODB - Kopernica, 2011
  7. [7]
    Krajčovič, Rudolf (2010). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest" (PDF). Kultúra slova (5). Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej: 277.
  8. [8]
    fc (2014-12-16). "Klarisky kapucínky z Kopernice". Zasvätený život (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-06-10.



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