MY TOWN

MY TOWN – SPIŠSKÁ NOVÁ VES• I live in Spišská Nová Ves. It is a district town located

in Košice region. The town has approximately 38 000 inhabitants of mainly Slovak nationality, who live in an area of 66,67 km². It is situated on the main railway line Košice-Bratislava with connections to the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. Natural beauties of the Slovak Paradise Natural Park, located in close surroundings, are an addition to many historically remarkable objects. Many of them are situated in the lenticular square (Town Hall Square – Radničné námestie) which is ranked among the most beautiful in Slovakia and the longest of its kind in Europe.

Lenticular square in Spišská Nová Ves

Location of Spišská Nová Ves

Location of Slovak Paradise

TOWN SYMBOLS• Town escutcheon - In the blue shield from the middle of three green hills

grow three gold roses with leafy stems, on the side of the hills are two silver mining hammers.

• Town flag – The current flag of the town Spišská Nová Ves has got four longitudinal stripes of equal width of colors in the following order:

• Yellow - the color of the roses, as a substitute for gold,• Green - the color of three hills and stems of roses,• White - the color of mining hammers, as a substitute for silver,• Blue - the color of the shield box.

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS• Roman-Catholic parish church of the Virgin

Mary's Assumption• Town hall• Provincial house• Reduta• Roman-Catholic church of Divine Mercy• Immaculata• Liberation Monument• Jewish cemetery

ROMAN-CATHOLIC PARISH CHURCH OF THE VIRGIN MARY´S ASSUMPTION

• The parish church belongs to the most valuable monuments in the town. Part of the architecture of the church from the 14th century is preserved in its original condition to this day.

• A neo-gothic church tower with a height of 87 metres was built between the years 1892-1893. It is the highest church tower in Slovakia. On its four sides there are seven clocks run by a single clock mechanism.

• The tower provides outstanding views of the town and its surroundings. On the tower, there are four wooden sculptures of the Evangelists with a height of 3,25 m and weight of 800 kg.

SLOVAK PARADISE• Slovak Paradise is located in eastern Slovakia in the

Spiš region. It is considered one of the most beautiful natural areas in Slovakia. Areas of the mountain range of Slovak Paradise protects the Slovak Paradise National Park, which is one of nine national parks in Slovakia.

• Slovak Paradise has an area of about 210 km² in the district Spišská Nová Ves, Rožňava and Poprad. It is crossed by the river Hornád and Hnilec. Forests cover 90% area of the park.

• In the Slovak Paradise we can find the wolf, lynx, fox, golden eagle, hawk and falcon.

• In the streams and water reservoirs live different native species such as rainbow trout, crayfish, fire salamander and others

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