THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

There are some facts about Slovakia:       

 Official name: The Slovak Republic

The capital : Bratislava

Currency: Euro

Population: 5,350,000 inhabitants

Nationalities: 85% Slovak, 10% Hungarian, 3% Roma, significant smaller nationalities include Czechs, Ukrainians, Germans and Poles.

Slovakia is becoming one of Europe's local points for travel and tourism. The country enjoys moderate weather and a prime map location. Slovakia's capital city Bratislava is a growing hub of culture, as well as the national seat of politics and business.  The second-largest city is Košice. 

THE CAPITAL  -  BRATISLAVA

Bratislava is a historical city, growing capably into its new role of capital city of a new European Union member. In the picture there are:

 

TOURISM  IN  SLOVAKIA

Tourism in Slovakia offers natural landscapes, mountains, caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts

There are a lot of caves in Slovakia. One of them, Ochtinska aragonit cave is a part of the world cultural and natural heritage of UNESCO. Cave was created by activity of atmospheric water in crystalic limestone. From these underground cavities were created beautiful  aragonit structures. It`s one of three caves of this type in the world.

In Slovakia there are about 1300 mineral sources that are used like curative water and high quality mineral water to drink. The sources with curative effects are the resources for 23 thermal spas.

The most attractive destinations are the capital and the High Tatras.

THE  HIGH  TATRAS

This “city” is in fact a collection of fifteen tiny foothill settlements. The life of its roughly 5,000 inhabitants is closely tied to the park and its various activities.

It provides most of the services to be found in a city, most often centred either in many hotels or in the three largest settlements of Tatranská Lomnica, Smokovec or Štrbské Pleso.

   

STREDNÁ ODBORNÁ ŠKOLA, HANDLOVÁ

If you want to find our school you have to look for in the middle of Slovakia nearby district town Prievidza.

Handlová is located in the Handlovka brook valley, surrounded by the mountain ranges of Vtáčnik in the west and Žiar in the south, east and north, in the historical region of Hauerland.

 The town was established in 1376 and was inhabited by German settlers  but it received town privileges later, in 1960. Coal was first mined in the second half of the 18th century but radical change in the development of the village was the year 1909, when the industrial production of coal started. 

    Mine gave bread vast majority of the population, affecting the architecture of the city, building infrastructure, culture of people. Today, town with nearly 18 thousand people is the second largest town in the Upper Nitra.

 

Our school has rich history too. It was established on the 1-st of October in 1948. The town and his industry needed qalified workers so the main branch of study was mining.  

Character of school changed in 1989 because attenuation of mining occurred in Slovakia. New study programs as powerline mechanik, administrative worker and busine academy were opened. The last important change came in 2007 when Secondary Technical School and our school has been joined.

     

Now the oficial name of our school is „Stredná odborná škola“ and students can study business academy, bilingual business academy, technical lyceum, electrical engineering, mechatronics, graphic of digital media, mechanic of computer networks, technical – administrative worker, powerline mechanic, mechanical engineering, dresmaker and social worker. We have more than 800 students and 70 teachers. Our students can study CISCO Networking Academy, participate in international projects and competitios, attend various courses or do some sports at school after lessons.