Veľká Lehota

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Veľká Lehota is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia. Great Lehota is a municipality in the district in Slovakia Žarnovica.Obec was first mentioned in 1345th In the 18th century belonged to the estate Topoľčianky and lying in the northwestern part Tekovská County. It was an area that consisted of mostly poorer mountain village with spacious less fertile The area covered mostly by forests and meadows. In addition to the more humble cereal farming and managed forests in the area gave the opportunity to earn loggers.He currently lives in the village of 1235 inhabitants. There is a Roman Catholic church.St. Martin from 1809 and the chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1968.