Nemecká
Encyclopedia
Nemecká is a village and municipality
in Brezno District
, in the Banská Bystrica Region
of central Slovakia
. The name (can be translated as "German village") suggests villagers, or part of them, being of German stock, possibly a result of Ostsiedlung
.
The first written mention of the village is from 1281. The villagers were mostly farmers and forest workers. Later, basic industries like limeworks, brickworks etc. developed in the area. From 18th century on, many locals took part in door-to-door selling of laces, manufacturing of which also took place in the village.
The village was a site of German atrocitities during World War II
aimed to suppress Slovak National Uprising
. As many as 900 people were executed and their bodies burned in local lime kiln. The killings took 7 days (January 4 - January 11 1945). Responsible for the killings were members of German Einsatzkommando 14 led by Obersturmfuhrer Kurt Herbert Deffner and members of Slovak regime's Hlinka Guard
led by captain Vojtech Kosovsky. The victims were participants of the uprising, their families and people from "proscribed races", i.e. Roma and Jews.
A monument commemorating the massacre was built after WWII with a small exhibition opened to visitors all year long.
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External Link
http://www.muzeumsnp.sk/externe/nemecka.htm
Slovak article about WWII incident in Nemecká
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 Brezno District
Brezno District
Brezno District is a district inthe Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the present-day district belonged to the Zvolen county, apart from Polomka in the east which was part of the county of Gemer a Malohont....
, in the Banská Bystrica Region
Banská Bystrica Region
The Banská Bystrica Region is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe.-Geography:It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km². The region is prevailingly mountains, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras...
of central 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...
. The name (can be translated as "German village") suggests villagers, or part of them, being of German stock, possibly a result of Ostsiedlung
Ostsiedlung
Ostsiedlung , also called German eastward expansion, was the medieval eastward migration and settlement of Germans from modern day western and central Germany into less-populated regions and countries of eastern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The affected area roughly stretched from Slovenia...
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The first written mention of the village is from 1281. The villagers were mostly farmers and forest workers. Later, basic industries like limeworks, brickworks etc. developed in the area. From 18th century on, many locals took part in door-to-door selling of laces, manufacturing of which also took place in the village.
The village was a site of German atrocitities during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
aimed to suppress Slovak National Uprising
Slovak National Uprising
The Slovak National Uprising or 1944 Uprising was an armed insurrection organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. It was launched on August 29 1944 from Banská Bystrica in an attempt to overthrow the collaborationist Slovak State of Jozef Tiso...
. As many as 900 people were executed and their bodies burned in local lime kiln. The killings took 7 days (January 4 - January 11 1945). Responsible for the killings were members of German Einsatzkommando 14 led by Obersturmfuhrer Kurt Herbert Deffner and members of Slovak regime's Hlinka Guard
Hlinka Guard
Hlinka Guard was the militia maintained by the Slovak People's Party in the period from 1938 to 1945; it was named after Andrej Hlinka.The Hlinka Guard was preceded by the Rodobrana organization, which existed from 1923 to 1927, when the Czechoslovak authorities ordered its dissolution...
led by captain Vojtech Kosovsky. The victims were participants of the uprising, their families and people from "proscribed races", i.e. Roma and Jews.
A monument commemorating the massacre was built after WWII with a small exhibition opened to visitors all year long.
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External Link
http://www.muzeumsnp.sk/externe/nemecka.htm
Slovak article about WWII incident in Nemecká