Turiec is a region in central Slovakia , one of the 21 official tourism regions. The region is not an administrative division today, but between the late 11th century and 1920 it was the Turóc County in the Kingdom of Hungary .
4-598: The region was named after the Turiec river . Turóc county ( Slovak : Turčianska župa ) as a Hungarian comitatus arose before the 15th century. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon , the territory became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia . Between 1939-1945, after Czechoslovakia was abolished, Turiec was part of the First Slovak Republic . After World War II , it became part of Czechoslovakia again. In 1993, Czechoslovakia
8-567: Is a river in north-western Slovakia . It is a tributary to the Váh , into which it flows near the city of Martin . Its source is in the Veľká Fatra Mountains. It is 67 km (42 mi) long and its basin size is 931 km (359 sq mi). The Turiec region is named after this river. Pliny the Elder associated the name with Durius (the ancient name of Upper Váh ), Ptolemy with
12-633: The Celtic Taurisci tribe. The name is probably derived from the Indo-European appellative tur- ( Slovak : tur , English: bull ). The root is used also in a broad sense - "rich" or "strong". The Hungarian name Turóc comes from the ancient Slavic form Turъcь (1113 Turc ). There were recorded 18 species of molluscs in Turiec river. That includes 8 species of freshwater gastropods and 10 species of freshwater bivalves. This article related to
16-675: Was split and Turiec became part of Slovakia. The region covers the area of the Turiec basin and is determined by the mountain ranges of Veľká Fatra to the east, Malá Fatra to the west and north, Žiar to the south and west and Kremnica Mountains to the south. The Turiec river flows through the entire region and inflows into Váh near Vrútky . In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Turóc/Turiec county were: 49°03′46″N 18°55′19″E / 49.0628°N 18.9219°E / 49.0628; 18.9219 Turiec (V%C3%A1h)#Etymology The Turiec ( Slovak pronunciation: [ˈturɪets] , Hungarian : Turóc )
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