Lukovištia

Village in Slovakia

48°29′N 20°02′E / 48.483°N 20.033°E / 48.483; 20.033Country

SlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictRimavská SobotaFirst mentioned1407Area

• Total14.29^[2] km² (5.52^[2] sq mi)Elevation

361^[3] m (1,184^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total184^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

980 26^[3]

Area code+421 47^[3]Car plateRSWebsitelukovistia.sk

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.

Notable personalities

Ivan Krasko, poet
Ladislav Mňačko, writer

References

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^ ^a ^b "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 ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.