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	Zvolen county - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zvolen (county) (in Latin: comitatus Zoliensis, in Hungarian Zólyom (vár)megye, in Slovak Zvolenský komitát/ Zvolenská stolica/ Zvolenská župa, in German Sohler Gespanschaft/Komitat Sohl) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary.
		The capital of the county was the castle of Pustý hrad near Zvolen, then from the late 15th century the Zvolen Castle and from the 1760s the town of Banská Bystrica.
		Zvolen county arose as a Hungarian comitatus in the 12th century, when most parts of the territory were conquered by the Kingdom of Hungary, from a huge royal property (the Zvolen dominium).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zvolen_county (306 words)

	Australian Information from Wikipedia
		The capitals of the county were the Hont Castle together with IpeÄ¾skÃ© Predmostie, then from the 16th century onwards there was no permanent capital, and finally since early 19th century, the capital was Å ahy (in Hungarian: IpolysÃ¡g).
		The county arose in the 11th century by separation from the NÃ³grÃ¡d county.
		From 1552 to 1685, most of the county was part of the Ottoman Empire and belonged to the administrative unit called NÃ³grÃ¡d sandjak.
	www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Hont (582 words)

	TouristChannel.com - Slovakia and Tourism
		Zvolen is situated in the southwestern part of the basin of Zvolen by the confluence of rivers Slatina and Hron under the promontory of Javorina mountain range.
		In July, Zvolen is a place of international folk festival of university groups called The Academic Zvolen.
		The oldest monuments are remnants of the county castle in the locality of Pustý castle from the period of reign of Bela III.
	www.tourist-channel.sk /zvolen/indexen.html (610 words)

	Zvolen History www.zvolen.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 2003 the town of Zvolen celebrated the 760th anniversary of its foundation.The first reliable document of the independent royal town of Zvolen is the royal charter of King Belo IV of December 28, 1243 reinstating the Zvolen’s town privileges.
		Zvolen has lived for years under the auspices of the Castle, today known as the Deserted Castle, which was the seat of the royal “komitat”, that is a territory stretching in the area of the whole today’s Central Slovakia.
		Nowadays Zvolen is a seat of several prosperous businesses, quality elementary and secondary schools and also the Technical University that is the only one in Slovakia that educates experts in the wood-processing area.
	www.zvolen.sk /en/main.php?id_menu=5227&firmy_slovenska_flag=0 (753 words)

	Tourist-Channel - Slovakia and Tourism
		It was a county castle in the 11th century and since 12th century it became a bishop's residence.
		In the past, the castle with a square tower, was the centre of the Saris county.
		(Zvolen) - the castle was built in the 14th century as a king's castle as well as hunter's lodge.
	www.tourist-channel.sk /hrady/indexen.php3 (5121 words)

	ZVOLEN [ odb webpages ]
		In 1243, the King Belo IV renewed the Zvolen’s town privileges, and Zvolen was involved among the “royal” towns.
		Zvolen castle, the preserved monument dominating the town was built by the Hungarian King Ľudovit I as his hunting castle in style of Italian castles.
		Zvolen has a very important and beautiful environment which is also provide very good opportunities for relaxing, tourism and recreations and.
	odb.borec.cz /projects/eng/maturitne/zvolen.htm (867 words)

	Untitled Document
		It was founded in the 13th century and was the scene of violent fighting during the Turkish raids into Slovakia in the 16th-17th centuries.
		The settlement was a town in Nógrád (Slovakian: Novohrad = New Castle) county of Hungary.
		The town was in Nógrád county of Hungary till 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation).
	lucenec.tripod.com (144 words)

	Zvolen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zvolen (German: Altsohl, Hungarian: Zólyom) is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the Hron river, close to Banská Bystrica.
		It is the seat of an okres (Zvolen District).
		Zvolen was the capital of Zvolen county until the 1760s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zvolen (219 words)

	Europe Holiday. Holidays in Europe – Enjoy European Holidays
		The first reliable document of the independent royal town of Zvolen is the royal charter of King Belo IV of December 28 1243, reinstating the Zvolen’s town privileges.
		In 1222 it is written about Detrik - a head of the Zvolen County; at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries the chronicler Anonymus dates the foundation of Zvolen Castle back to the 10th century.
		Zvolen could not be prevented from the tragedy of the World War II.
	www.slovakianholiday.com /index.php?action=304&clanok=51 (667 words)

	zemplin - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Initially, the capital of the county was the Zempln Castle, in the 13th century also Srospatak (in Slovak: Potok, hence the alternative name of the county comitatus de Potok).
		Zempln is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary.
		After World War II, the pre-war border was restored, and the Hungarian county Zempln merged with the county Borsod and the Hungarian part of Abov-Turňa to form the present Borsod-Abaj-Zempln county.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Zemplin (351 words)

	Zvolen Zvolen of Today www.zvolen.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Zvolen is an important railway junction and crossroads of the road transport.
		Zvolen is an administrative, economic and cultural centre of Pohronie (the Hron River Valley).
		It is the twelfth most populous town of Slovakia that in 1923 became for five years the seat of Zvolen County and has been continuously the district seat since then.
	www.zvolen.sk /en/main.php?id_menu=5225&firmy_slovenska_flag=0 (227 words)

	Zvolen 750
		Zvolen is located in central Slovakia about 20 kilometers from Banska Bystrica, the capital of central Slovakia.
		In the last third of the 18th century Zvolen is losing its Capital of the Zvolen county status to Banska Bystrica.
		In 19th and 20th century, Zvolen was marked by the construction of railroads, thanks to which the town became an intersection of five directions.
	www.slovakheritage.org /Townsvill/zvolen.htm (569 words)

	Janosik, the Slovak Robin Hood
		It is noteworthy that the county sheriff, John Litisky, and the mayor of the town of Oscadnice were suspected of being overly friendly with Janosik.
		Janosik was tried by the county court of Liptov, presided over by the vice-commissioner, Ladislaus Okolicsanyi, on March 16-17, 1713, in the county courthouse of St. Mikulas in Liptov.
		An imperial decree was issued by which the county magistrates would be held responsible in the future for all banditry in their areas, and on April 17, 1713, the assembly at Liptov approved of the motion to round up the outlaws.
	www.iarelative.com /history/janosik.htm (2613 words)

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		The capital of this duchy is Nitra and it comprised 15 counties in sum.
		In the autumn, Sigismund is allowed to marry Maria in Buda, partly because Charles II from the Neapolitan branch of the Anjous has landed in Croatia (part of Historic Hungary) to claim the Hungarian throne, thus representing an additional enemy to queen Maria.
		Ladislaus Hunyadi, John Hunydiâs son and in 1452 leader of the Bratislava county, is appointed the main leader of the troops fighting against the bratrÃci in Slovakia in March.
	www.angelfire.com /sk3/quality/Part_of_Hungary_I.html (14964 words)

	Gemer
		Gemer is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary.
		In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, except a very small region around Putnok, which became part of the Hungarian county Borsod-Gömör-Kishont (presently Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén).
		During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, most of the county was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award, and the Gömör-Kishont county was recreated.
	www.keywordmage.net /ge/gemer.html (334 words)

	Penn State Delaware County:History of the Campus
		Penn State University President Eric A. Walker agreed to a request from the Delaware County commissioners to establish a campus of the university in Delaware County in 1966.
		The county provided 90 acres of land in Middletown Township, some four miles west of Media, the county seat, and gave $1.2 million toward construction of the first building at the campus site.
		Prior to serving as CEO at Delaware County, Tomezsko taught chemistry at Delaware County for most of the 1970s, and served as director of academic affairs in the early 80s.
	www.de.psu.edu /Information/ourhist.htm (6469 words)

	Pustý hrad :: Slovak castles
		It was a center of feudal power in Zvolen region.
		It falled into dacay in the 16th century after a new castle in Zvolen was built.
		On the hill southeast from Zvolen, altitude 460 - 560 meters
	www.castles.sk /pusty-hrad-zvolen.php (271 words)

	Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Slovakia
		The village of Hontianske Nemce is situated in the picturesque valley of river tiavnica.
		The Kovacova thermal swimming pool is located in the valley of the Hron river on the eastern foot of the Kremnicke pohorie (hills), 5 km from the town of Zvolen.
		This square is formed by a complex of citizen's houses built up in the 15th century and at the beginning of the 16th century.
	www.googleearthhacks.com /downloads/country.php?country=37&page=2 (633 words)

	The Lutheran Church in Slovakia
		The former counties in parentheses below are identified for historical, as well as current reference.
		The names, some in existence since the late Middle Ages, are still used in Slovakia to identify regions informally (similar to the use of, e.g., "New England" in the U.S.), but they were abolished as administrative units in 1920.
		Martin and Turcianske Teplice 25%-35% (formerly Turiec County)
	www.iarelative.com /lutheran.htm (712 words)

	iaokim network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sun Li-jen was born in Jinnu Town, Lujiang County, Anhui province, with ancestry in Shucheng County.
		In the county the population is spread out with 22.40% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 27.30% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who are 65 years of age or older.
		The median income for a household in the county is $31,321, and the median income for a family is $37,452.
	iaokim5s1y.blogspot.com (15159 words)

	List of traditional regions of Slovakia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		20 (earlier 21) counties of the Kingdom of Hungary were situated in present-day Slovakia (completely or partly).
		Counties, which are completely incorporated in Slovakia are:
		Counties, which are partly incorporated in Slovakia are:
	list-of-traditional-regions-of-slovakia.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (267 words)

	Pusty Castle
		High above Zvolen in the hills is a location of one of the oldest settlements in the Zvolen area The Pusty Castle.
		While visiting Zvolen, I stopped by to see my friend and folklorist Katarina Kostialova, who after finishing her studies at University of Nitra works in the Zvolen's museum.
		She told me about the evaluation of this year's work at the Pusty Hrad castle to be held in few days, so I decided to come and finally visit now preserved ruins of this once great and famous castle.
	www.slovakheritage.org /Castles/pusty.htm (546 words)

	NAJSTARŠIE RODY NA SLOVENSKU
		Individual authors describe the origins and development of the oldest known noble families from the territory of Slovakia till the 13th century (particular studies describe families from particular historical counties).
		The Oldest Nobility from the Turiec, Liptov and Orava Counties (J. Beňko)
		The Oldest Families in the Zvolen County (M. Ďurková)
	www.genealogy-heraldry.sk /eng/rody.html (184 words)

	Ride for Cents • Zvolen • Faster and Cheaper • Rideshare & Carpool
		Until 1918, the area belonged to the county of Zvolen within the Kingdom of Hungary.
		Zvolen - '''Zvolen''' (German: ''Altsohl'', Hungarian: ''Zólyom'') is a town in central Slovakia, close to Banská Bystrica, on the Hron river.
		The town is known for its healing hot springs and for an airport which has been used for military as well as civil purposes.
	www.rideforcents.org /index.php?module=advert_list&mode=end&city=Zvolen (182 words)

	Botony links
		The mission of the Arboretum of Los Angeles County is to foster an awareness and appreciation of the role of plants in nature and in human affairs.
		CAF is a non-profit corporation benefitting the Arboretum of Los Angeles County, a 127-acre horticultural and botanical center for Southern California.
		The arboretum is situated in the south of Sweden near the village of Kivik and with Simrishamn as the closest city.
	www.bellevueforest.org /BotanyLinks.htm (5493 words)

	Banská Bystrica region symbols (Slovakia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There are derivations of them in this Arms: 1) - former Zolyom (Zvolen) County, 2) former Nógrád (Novohrad) County with different background, 3) bend for Bars (Tekov) County, star and crescent for former Hont County, 4) Gömör and Kishont County (Gemer a Malohont).
		Arms of historical counties are on Ralf Hartemink´s International Civic Arms.
		Nógrád County still exists, you know, in Hungary, but with blue field.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/sk-6-.html (177 words)

	ZOLNA \| Village in Central Slovakia / Obec pod Polanou
		Zolna is a small medieval village located in the heart of Europe - Slovakia, and as well as in the heart of Slovakia - in Zvolen County.
		Zolna is situated 8 kilometres from city of Zvolen, 20 kilometres from Banska Bystrica.
		Dnes je administratívnou súèasou mesta Zvolen, od ktorého je vzdialená asi 8 kilometrov.
	www.freewebs.com /zolna/locationpoloha.htm (170 words)

	Lukavica (Slovakia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Village Lukavica is situated 340m above sea level in Central Slovakia in the district Zvolen.
		It is located in the Zvolenská hill country 13km to the north of Zvolen.
		Village belonged to the castle county, but from the 16th century there were Curia´s areas.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/sk-zv-lu.html (116 words)

	Hlas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Till the first half of the 13th century the Liptov noblemen fought in the Zvolen county banderia, since the first half of the 13th century (except the Bohumírs that formed their own banderium) in the Liptov county banderia.
		Later on bearers of this family name lived also in Senica, Plášťovce and at the Szolnok county.
		Some descendants of the family can be found in Bratislava as well.
	www.genealogy-heraldry.sk /eng/hlas199.html (620 words)

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