Place:Tisovec, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

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NameTisovec
Alt namesTheissholzsource: Wikipedia
Tiszolcsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity or town
Coordinates48.7°N 19.917°E
Located inBanská Bystrica, Slovakia
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Tisovec (, Latin: Taxovia) is a town in central Slovakia. Its population is around 4,000.

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History

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The first settlement in the area dates all the way to the Bronze Age. The first written evidence of the town comes from the year 1334 during the reign of King Charles I of Hungary as Tizolc.

The name "Tisovec" comes from the yew tree (in Hungarian "tiszafa", in Slovak "tis"), which can be found in the hills around the town. Tisovec received its charter as a town at the end of the 15th century. The development of the town was halted by raids of the Ottoman Turks in the 16th and 17th centuries. The town's renaissance came in 1780, when Maria Theresia renewed its market privileges.

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