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Friday, November 1, 2024

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)

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.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

all saints in SK

as almost every year, i spent the all saints holidays in slovakia. this year, for the very 1st time, there is my mother's final place at the cemetery (called totengarten by the locals) in her home village, einsiedel, too. rest in peace, dear mother ...

to show a grave is probably not the best entry for this blog post, so lets start with the youngest class of ice-hockey youth in bratislava, will we?

the youngsters (girls + boys) from slovan bratislava ice-hockey club

oliver #93 💖

well, after i've crossed the austrian border in kittsee, my stops in slovakia were:

bratislava
ice-hockey 🏒
stupava - i've had quite a lot time to enjoy this small city close to bratislava as i've visited an old school mate and a good friend over there
einsiedel an der göllnitz (mnisek nad hnilcom)
banska bystrica (neusohl)
nitra - no sightseeing this time, just pick-up stop on my journey
bratislava again
ice-hockey 🏒