zvolen aka altsohl, SK

my dear readers, as you probably know, all saints is time to visit our family's graves in eastern slovakia, dont you? on the way i've visited the city of zvolen (altsohl) in central slovakia. why zvolen? well, last year i've seen the beautiful mining city banska bystrica (its old german name was neusohl), so i was curious if there is a city called sohl or altsohl as well. the answer? the old sohl aka altsohl is the city of zvolen today ... well, living in czechoslovakia, we did not know the former german names of cities / villages / mountains / rivers / etc. few miles away from our home as the german culture / language / minority and thus history of huge parts of czechoslovakia's past were not preserved well after the lost WWII, you know? 

anyway, dont loose your time on altsohl, better visit the much, much nicer neusohl (banska bystrica), my dears ... or the nearby mining cities of kremnitz (kremnica) with the oldest still active mint (münzprägeanstalt) in the world or the unesco heritage schemnitz (banska stiavnica). or all 3 of them. will you? 😊

the altsohl castle in zvolen was build by the hungarian king 

lajos I. nagy (louis I. of hungary / ludwig der große) in the years 1370–1382

there is ice-hockey + industry, esp. the timber factory bucina zvolen

this also could be the nearby ironworks zeleziarne podbrezova (?!?)

zvolen (altsohl)

zvolen (altsohl)

what a tasty dinner in zvolen we have had!

slovakia's route 66 (from hungary to poland)

stratena, central slovakia

traditional wooden houses in SK

spitzenberg + einsiedel a.d.G. (mnisek n/H), eastern slovakia, SK

einsiedel an der göllnitz (mnisek nad hnilcom), SK

the confluence of göllnitz (hnilec) and schmöllnitzer bach

(smolnicky potok) in einsiedel

i💖 grund + this beautiful woman. this is a joke, of course. i've found her by coincidence

somewhere on the internet in november 2024. it is strange, because i've not searched for

neuhaus or the hotel alte innbrücke, where we've been already soo often in the past.

einsiedel an der göllnitz (mnisek nad hnilcom) - part 'grund'

cemetery (totengarten), einsiedel an der göllnitz

our family graves ... R.I.P, dear mom + grandma + grandpa

bratislava castle. i've spent also few days by my youngest brother, you see?  

on the road in SK 🚗

good-bye, my native slovakia ... i hope to see you soon again 

more pictures here.

all hollows 2023 in SK here.