Korna
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Village
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and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Čadca District
Cadca District
Čadca District is a district inthe Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia, in the Kysuce region.Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Trenčín.- Municipalities :*Čadca*Čierne*Dlhá nad Kysucou*Dunajov...
in the Žilina Region
Žilina Region
The Žilina Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts .-Geography:It is located in northern Slovakia and has an area of 6,804 km² and a population of 694,763 . The whole area is mountainous, belonging to the Western Carpathians...
of northern 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...
.
Geography
Scenic village is situated in Beskydy Mountains, closely town TurzovkaTurzovka
Turzovka is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia.-History:The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzo family...
, location 18°32'10" E, 48°24'42" N, elevation above sea-level 559 m (community centre). Lies near Czech and Poland border. Surrounding commune are Klokočov
Klokocov
- Czech Republic :*Klokočov, village and municipality in Havlíčkův Brod District*Klokočov, formerly a farm in Benešov District near Bezmíř, Vojkov and Vrchotovy Janovice, now a naturist camping place.- Slovakia :...
and Kelčov.
Climate
Typical for this country - relatively cool with large annual rainfall. Village stays in memory during winter 2005/ 2006 for ultra high snowfall, which needs the military help.Territorial division
Korňa is divided to three parts - Korňa and, II and III. Fine segmentation used surnames of original owner/ keeper of settlement, for example U Šprčoka, Zlámaná, U Jendriskov, U Gajdoší, U Ďurkáčí, U Zelenkov, Hrtúsov, Dubačí, Sobčákov, Marcov and so on. Community centre is between/ near municipal office and church, where are also guest-houses, apartments, shops and pubs.Speech
Dialect of citizen is mixture of Slovak, Czech, Polish expression and terms, particularly (but rarely) from secret speech of tinkers called "krpoština".Building, architecture, attractions, tourism
There are two churches - original wooden and new, modern church from 1994. Authentic dwelling was rustic wooden cottages. Former wooden pub is now in open-air museum at Vychylovka; still serve its original purpose. Local natural attraction is Korňa's petroleum spring - (http://www.kysuce.sk/clanky/korniansky-ropny-pramen-158.html), which is highest Central-European spontaneous petroleum outflow. Citizens used this petroleum for lighting purposes; fellow used petroleum as conserve agent for his cottage. It never decomposed, it burns.Korňa is also well-known of Holy place on Živčák Hill (Živčákova), where past century local man saw a Virgin Mary’s apparition. Thousands of people yearly wandered on this place; water springs has a miraculous effects. In chapel (holy shrine) on Živčák's top are regularly saintly Masses. One from entry roads goes across Korňa's Calvary. Korňa, surrounded by mountains, is good tourist’s destination and mushroom collector’s paradise. Village has a very promising perspective of agro tourism expansion in the nearest period. Lot of people invests in this area to rusts, cottages and homes. Accommodation information is presented at official site (http://www.korna.sk/).//www.korna.sk/]).