Lukovištia (Hungarian: Kőhegy) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. The village is the birthplace of Slovak writer Ivan Krasko. The house where he was born in is now a small museum. In Lukovištia there is a baroque church with a painted ceiling from 1794.
Lukovištia
Kőhegy | |
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  Lukovištia Location of Lukovištia in the Banská Bystrica Region  Lukovištia Location of Lukovištia in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 48°29′N 20°02′E / 48.48°N 20.03°E | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region |  Banská Bystrica Region |
| District | Rimavská Sobota District |
| First mentioned | 1407 |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.29 km2 (5.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 361 m (1,184 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 193 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 980 26[2] |
| Area code | +421 47[2] |
| Car plate | RS |
| Website | www |
Notable personalities
edit- Ivan Krasko, poet
- Ladislav Mňačko, writer
References
edit- ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
External links
edit- Media related to Lukovištia at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
