Stará Bystrica
Stará Bystrica is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of Northern Slovakia. It is the home to one of the world's youngest astronomical clocks, completed in 2009.Photo: Ladin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,760 residents
- Description: municipality of Slovakia
- Also known as: “Stara Bystrica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stará Bystrica astronomical clock and Saint Michael Archangel (Stará Bystrica).
Stará Bystrica astronomical clock
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Stará Bystrica astronomical clock is an astronomical clock located in the village of Stará Bystrica in the Žilina Region of Slovakia. It is the only astronomical clock in Slovakia.
Saint Michael Archangel (Stará Bystrica)
Memorial
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Michael Archangel (Stará Bystrica) is a memorial.
Bobovec observation tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bobovec observation tower is a scenic viewpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Radôstka and Klubina.
Radôstka
Village
Photo: Michal Jakubský, CC BY 3.0.
Radôstka is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Radôstka is situated 2½ km south of Stará Bystrica.
Klubina
Village
Klubina is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Klubina is situated 3½ km west of Stará Bystrica.
Lodno
Village
Photo: ReaBir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lodno is a village and municipality in Kysucké Nové Mesto District in the Zilina Region of northern Slovakia. Lodno is situated 5 km west of Stará Bystrica.
Stará Bystrica
- Categories: municipality of Slovakia and locality
- Location: Stará Bystrica, Okres Čadca, Žilina Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.34614° or 49° 20′ 46″ northLongitude
18.93814° or 18° 56′ 17″ eastPopulation
2,760Elevation
480 metres (1,575 feet)Open location code
8FXW8WWQ+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 26037803OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3057492Wikidata ID
Q742807
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Stará Bystrica” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Stará Bystrica”
- Catalan: “Stará Bystrica”
- Chechen: “Stará Bystrica”
- Chechen: “Стара Бистрица”
- Chinese: “Stará Bystrica”
- Chinese: “旧比斯特里察”
- Croatian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Czech: “Stará Bystrica”
- Dutch: “Stará Bystrica”
- Esperanto: “Stará Bystrica”
- French: “Stará Bystrica”
- German: “Alt-Bistritz”
- German: “Stará Bystrica”
- Hungarian: “Óbeszterce”
- Hungarian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Irish: “Stará Bystrica”
- Italian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Lombard: “Stará Bystrica”
- Malay: “Stará Bystrica”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Stará Bystrica”
- Polish: “Stará Bystrica”
- Portuguese: “Stará Bystrica”
- Romanian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Serbian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Serbian: “Стара Бистрица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Slovak: “Stará Bystrica”
- Spanish: “Stará Bystrica”
- Tatar: “Stará Bystrica”
- Tatar: “Стара Бистрица”
- Turkish: “Stará Bystrica”
- Ukrainian: “Stará Bystrica”
- Ukrainian: “Стара Бистріца”
- Waray (Philippines): “Stará Bystrica”
- “Stará Bystrica”
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