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Kysuce-Orava Historical Forest Back Swath Railway Nová Bystrica (Čadca)

Kysuce-Orava Historical Forest Back Swath Railway

Nová Bystrica (Čadca) (area: Kysucká vrchovina, region: Kysuce)

Historical logging back swath railway (HLÚŽ) is preserved and functionally restored part of the former Kysuce-Orava Logging Railway (KOLŽ), which was established in 1926 and joined the forestry railway built between 1915-1918, the Kysuce part - from Oščadnica to Chmúra (Nová Bystrica, part Vychylovka ) and Orava part - from Lokca to Erdútka (currently Oravská Lesná). Traffic on KOLŽ was ceased at the end of 1971 due to its cancellation and except the 8 km long section Chmura - Tanečník where was the whole valuable back swath system other tracks has been dismantled. In 1974, the...

Kysuce Museum in Čadca Čadca

Kysuce Museum in Čadca

Čadca (area: Maple Mountains, region: Kysuce)

Kysuce Museum in Čadca is specialized regional cultural institution for the museum documentation on the development of nature and society, science and technology, culture and art in the territory of Kysuce, from the earliest traces of settlement until the present day. It comes with a permanent exhibition documenting the history and nature of the region Kysuce, as well as temporary exhibitions. It is also a specialized museum with a nationwide scope in the field of documenting the development of forest railways in Slovakia. Kysuce permanent exhibition gives a survey of the historical development...

Slovak Astronomical Clock  Stará Bystrica

Slovak Astronomical Clock

Stará Bystrica (area: Kysucká vrchovina, region: Kysuce)

The Slovak Astronomical Clock is the largest wooden statue in Slovakia. Located in Kysuce, in the center of Stara Bystrica, in the district Cadca. It represents the sitting Madonna, the Seven-Sorrowed Virgin Mary, the patron saint of Slovakia. The Astronomical Clock was completed in 2009. It was designed by the academic sculptor Viliam Lovišek and reworked into the drawing documentation by architect Ivan Jarin. Astronomical clock face is the heart of the astronomical clock. astrolabe, which is specially designed for the geographical location of Stara Bystrica. Part of the astronomical clock...