Dobrá Niva is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 of the Zvolen District

Zvolen District

Zvolen District is a district inthe Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the present-day district belonged to the Zvolen county, apart from Lešť in the south-west which was part of the county of Gemer a Malohont.- Municipalities :*Babiná*Bacúrov*Breziny*Budča*Bzovská...

 in the Banská Bystrica Region

Banská Bystrica Region

The Banská Bystrica Region is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe.-Geography:It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km². The region is prevailingly mountains, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras...

 of Slovakia

Slovakia

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. The village has a castle

Castle

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.

History

In historical records

History

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, the village was first mentioned in 1254 (Dobruna). In 1351 it was allied with the town of Sása

Sása

Sása may refer to:* Sása in Revúca District* Sása in Zvolen District...

. In the 15th century it belonged to local feudatories and, after on, to Esterházy. From 1582 to 1657 it had to pay tributes to Turks

Ottoman Empire

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 whom besieged the village in 1578, 1559 and 1663.

External links

• http://www.obecdobraniva.sk/
• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dobraniva/dobra-niva.html
• http://www.hrady.sk/dobra-niva.php