Brezová pod Bradlom
Encyclopedia
Brezová pod Bradlom is a town
in the Myjava District
, Trenčín Region
, western Slovakia
, at the western foothills of the Little Carpathians
, in the Záhorie
region.
, 95.8% of inhabitants were Slovaks
and 1.1% Czechs
. The religious makeup was 45.7% Lutherans, 26.4% Roman Catholics, and 21.6% people with no religious affiliation.
The monumental tomb of Milan Rastislav Štefánik
is located on the Bradlo hill (543 metres (1,781 ft), approximately three kilometres from the town, on the road to Košariská
. The monument's construction started in 1924, five years after Štefánik's death and was finished in 1928. The tomb was designed by architect Dušan Jurkovič
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Myjava District
Myjava District
Myjava District is adistrict inthe Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was part of theHungarian countyof Nitra.- Municipalities :*Brestovec*Brezová pod Bradlom*Bukovec*Hrašné*Chvojnica*Jablonka...
, Trenčín Region
Trencín Region
The Trenčín Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 9 districts .-Geography:It is located in the north-western Slovakia, has an area of 4,502 km² and a population of 600,386 . The Danubian Lowland reaches the region to Nové Mesto nad Váhom and Partizánske areas...
, western Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, at the western foothills of the Little Carpathians
Little Carpathians
The Little Carpathians are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nové Mesto nad Váhom, a very small part called Hundsheimer Berge is situated south of Devín Gate in...
, in the Záhorie
Záhorie
Záhorie is a region in western Slovakia bordered by the Little Carpathians in the east and the Morava River in the west. Although not an administrative region in its own right, it is one of the 21 official tourism regions in Slovakia...
region.
History
The territory of Brezová pod Bradlom appears for the first time in written records in 1263. The village was permanently settled in the 15th century or in the first half of 16th century. It was granted the town status in 1709, confirmed in 1966.Demographics
Brezová pod Bradlom has a population of 5,447 (as of December 31, 2005). According to the 2001 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, 95.8% of inhabitants were Slovaks
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
and 1.1% Czechs
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
. The religious makeup was 45.7% Lutherans, 26.4% Roman Catholics, and 21.6% people with no religious affiliation.
Sights
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Milan Rastislav Štefánik , Kingdom of Hungary – May 4, 1919 in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. During World War I, he was General of the French Army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War, one of the leading members of the...
is located on the Bradlo hill (543 metres (1,781 ft), approximately three kilometres from the town, on the road to Košariská
Košariská
Košariská is a village and municipality in Myjava District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.- Geography :The municipality lies at an altitude of 249 metres and covers an area of 11.531 km². It has a population of about 403 people....
. The monument's construction started in 1924, five years after Štefánik's death and was finished in 1928. The tomb was designed by architect Dušan Jurkovič
Dušan Jurkovic
Dušan Jurkovič was a Slovak architect, ethnographer and artist. One of the best-known promoters of Slovak art in 20th century Czechoslovakia, he is remembered mostly due to his projects of numerous World War I cemeteries in Galicia. Jurkovič repeatedly stressed: The work of art is rooted in the time...
.