Dr. Stefan - Kysuce and Orava

Bytča ( Developed as a serfish small town near a water castle. At the end of the 19-th century after finishing of the Považská railway, industry started to develop a brewery, sawmill, match factory and leather works. ) • Kolárovice • Makov ( A village between Javorníky and the Turzovská vrchovina hills devided into 50 settlements. ) • Vysoká nad Kysucou • Turzovka ( The houses with decorated gables are still preserved here. ) • Podvysoká • Raková • Čadca ( The economic and cultural centre of the Kysuce region. ) • Krásno nad Kysucou • Kysucké Nové Mesto ( From the 14-th century a serfish town with fairs and many crafts. An interesting Renaissance building of the old brewery from the 17-th century and a Renaissance manor house from the 16-th century in the nearby Radoľa. ) • Žilina ( A district town from 1997, an important railway junction. It got its town privileges in 1312. The first organization of the Evanjelic church in Slovakia came into existence here. The great economic development of the town started after finishing the railway line Košice - Bohumín in 1871. ) • Teplička nad Váhom ( The village used to belong to the Varín manor estate, later Strečno. In 1757 it was given the privilege to have fairs. In 1767 the manufacture for producing broadcloth was settled here. ) • Varín ( There is a sawmill and a limestone pit in the village which supplies the ironworks Třinecké železiarne. There is the Hrádok castle with a housing estate from the Hradištná period. ) • Krasňany • Stráža • Terchová ( A cultural village with a distinct folk music and songs, well preserved original rustical architecture. It used to consist of more than 120 settlements. Nowadays there are about 70. In 1688 Juraj Jánošík - the Slovak national hero was born here. ) • Zázrivá ( Again a scattered hill settlement consisting of 11 small communes. Well preserved rustical architecture - wooden houses. ) • Párnica • Istebné • Veličná ( The oldest Orava's village and once the first centre of the Orava's region. ) • Dolný Kubín ( It has been developing since the 14-th century. In 1633 it was given town privileges and in 1686 it became the centre of the Orava's region. In 1892 it was connected to a railway line going from Kraľovany. ) • Oravský Podzámok ( A national cultural monument - the Oravský hrad castle standing on a Cretaceous calcite rock 112m above the village, built at the end of the 13-th century, replaced an old wooden castle. In 1800 the castle burnt down. Only after 1953 the big reconstruction began. ) • Námestovo ( Slanická osada, a recreation centre, is a part of this town. It came into being during the "Valašská" colonization in the 16-th century with the help of F. Thurza. Well known for its broadcloth production, tannery and fairs. There is the only museum in Slovakia which lies on the island - Slanický ostrov umenia. ) • Zubrohlava ( A village set up in the 16-th century according to "Valašské" right. ) • Rabča • Oravská Polhora ( The most nothern village in Slovakia. In the middle of the 20-th century well known for producing two-voiced bagpipes and pipes without holes. ) • Tvrdošín ( A district town which lies in the Oravská kotlina hollow between the mountains Oravská Magura and Skorušinské vrchy . There is a reservoir at the end of this town built in 1972 - 1978. ) There is a possible turning to Zábiedovo ( It came into being in 1567 on the "valašské" right and used to belong to the Orava's estate. One part of it is a small commune Hámričky set up before 1607 when the iron foundry was open. ) • Habovka ( Mentioned for the first time in 1593. Because of the infertile land the inhabitants except of farming produced broadcloth and shingle. ) • Zuberec ( Nowadays an important tourist centre, the starting point for the trips to Roháče, one part of the West Tatras. Houses are rustical with gables facing to a street, partly walled. Roofs are made of shingle. The Museum of Orava's Village lies about 4km far from the village. There are objects characteristic for the life of peasants, shepherds, craftsmen and esquires in this region. ) • Huty ( The town developed at the beginning of the 16-th century when "Gorals" from the upper part of Orava settled here around glass works. Many glass cutters went abroad where settled as tradesmen with glass or glaziers. The town has still preserved its "kopaničiarsky" character - a scattered hill settlement. ) • Nižná ( A well known discovery site of many artefacts from the Age of Bronze and the ruins of pre-historic fortifications. ) • Podbiel ( An archeologic locality from the period of Hallštadtt. There are the ruins of a Medieval castle and a Templan's cloister on the Biel hill. Well preserved complex of homesteads built in one line - Bobrova raľa. ) • Krivá • Dlhá nad Oravou • Sedliacka Dubová ( Mentioned for the first time in 1397. The village had its own wooden church on the small hill Žiar. In April 1808 there was a big flood which destroyed the village. ) • Horná Lehota • Oravský Podzámok • Dolný Kubín