SLOVAKIA: Cernova and Vlkolinec

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Distance: 9.66 mi
Elevation gain: 2,064 ft
Technical difficulty: Very difficult
Elevation loss: 1,870 ft
Max elevation: 3,293 ft
TrailRank: 38
Min elevation: 1,557 ft
Trail type: One Way

Time: 6 hours 9 minutes
Coordinates: 1408
Uploaded: February 24, 2016
Recorded: February 2016

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near Stará Černová, Žilinský (Slovenská republika)

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In Cernova village we visited birthplace of Andrej Hlinka. A. Hlinka was a Slovak Catholic priest, journalist, banker and politician, one of the most important Slovak public activists in Czechoslovakia before the Second World War. Cernova massacre was a shooting that happened in Cernova, Austria- Hungary on 27 October 1907 in which 15 people were killed and many were wounded after gendarmes fired into a crowd of people who gathered for the consecration of the local Catholic church. The victims of this massacre have the monument on the local cemetery. Cernova is a part of the town of Ruzomberok. Our trip continued to the lake called "Hrabovo", here we can find beautiful place for relax, accomodation in the nature like hotels, apartments and cottages. Near the lake there is a cablecar and on the top of the hill is a ski resort called "Malinô Brdo". Almost three kilometres from the ski resort there is a beautiful traditional village Vlkolinec. Vlkolinec has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993, and is one of ten Slovak villages that have been given the status of a folk architecture reservations. Over the Vlkolinec is a hill caled "Sidorovo".

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Place of Cernova Tragedy 27.10.1907

The Černová massacre was a shooting that happened in Csernova, Kingdom of Hungary (today Černová, part of Ružomberok, Slovakia) on 27 October 1907 in which 15 people were killed and many were wounded after gendarmes fired into a crowd of people gathering for the consecration of the local Catholic church. The shootings sparked protests in European and American press and turned world's attention to the treatment of minorities in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary.

Birth House of Andrej Hlinka

Andrej Hlinka was born in Černová in 27 September 1864.

Church of Černová

Main reason of the Cernova Massacre.

Monument for Victims of the Cernova Massacre

The monument is situated in cemetary of Cernova

Hrabovo Lake

Hrabovo Lake and Cebrat Mountain

The view from the Hotel Hrabovo.

Malinô Brdo

Ski resort near by Ruzomberok. You can visit it by cablecar frot the Hotel Hrabovo and Hrabovo Lake.

Vlkolinec

Vlkolínec has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993, and is one of ten Slovak villages that have been given the status of a folk architecture reservations. This status was granted because the village is an untouched and complex example of folk countryside architecture of the region of the Northern Carpathians.

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