Vrícko

Vrícko (German: Münnichwies(en); Hungarian: Turócremete, formerly Vric(z)kó) is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1594. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Turóc County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population was expelled at the end of World War II.^[1]

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 592 metres and covers an area of 29.575 km². It has a population of about 427 people.

References

^ William Richter, Deutsche Sprachinseln in der Slowakei mit Fokus auf das Hauerland – Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, Vol. 20 (2021), p.265-266

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

48°58′N 18°42′E / 48.967°N 18.700°E / 48.967; 18.700

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[1] William Richter, Deutsche Sprachinseln in der Slowakei mit Fokus auf das Hauerland – Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, Vol. 20 (2021), p.265-266

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