Английская Википедия:Becherov

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox settlement Becherov (Шаблон:Lang-rue) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Bardejov Districtin the Prešov Region near the border with Poland.

It had 284 inhabitants in 2006 (274 according to the 2001 census, out of which 133 Ruthenians, 82 Slovaks and 45 Ukrainians). It covers an area of 1909 ha.

The village features:

  • the Greek Catholic church of Virgin Mary built in 1847
  • an Orthodox church with features of Old Russian Baroque
  • the Natural Nature Reserve Becherovská tisina – Becherov yew forest (declared in 1954, area 24.13 ha, features: rare fauna and flora, a sulphatic water spring
  • World War I memorial and cemetery built in 1933 which was projected by Dušan Jurkovič
  • World War II memorial
  • a border crossing point to Poland (opened in 1994)
  • an annual folklore festival called Шаблон:Lang Bonfire meeting

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"

  • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1695–1895 (parish B)
  • Greek Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1841–1898 (parish A)

External links

Шаблон:Bardejov District

Шаблон:Authority control


Шаблон:Prešov-geo-stub