Zázrivá village

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Zázrivá is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It is located in the Orava region.
It was first mentioned in 1555 as valachian village "Zazdriwa" The village was founded as a village in the territory Walaská estate Orava Castle. The first written mention is from 1556. Then had Zázrivá inventories by 150 to 200 people. Residents in those days of summer with herds migrated to the mountains, but is just the family settled in those places where they were in the summer, and so today the settlement incurred as Zázrivá Ráztoky, Raven, Peter, White, and more. The year 1615 was designated the final frontier Zázrivá. In the reign of King Ludwig II. during his childhood years he ruled in Orava donc Knight, who gave Wallach of Valaská Dubová vast meadows of settlements and Plešivá Kozinská.Original Wallachian population gradually assimilated with the population that migrated over the years from 1564 to 1683 . In 1598 it was only eleven in Zázrivá peasant houses that could be taxed. After devastated and burned in 1683 , the people scattered in the surrounding villages. When they migrated to the new population is likely from three directions has mostly as farmers. However, most of Terchova Valaska Dubova and Liptov. According to the surnames of the communal forest inventories can be seen that the space Zázrivá came up from Detva . Especially as charcoal burners, woodcutters who had experience with the clearing of forests and also shepherds . Migration was caused due to the pressure the Turks , also the uprising . Due to the first Habsburg uprising remained in the village only 5 houses. And even in 1608, only three taxable houses.Only later, after the year 1700 of Zázrivá people went to crop failure and famine in southern regions also came from space Turiec, Sučany, Turany and Veličná . After rekatolisation establishing a parish in 1747 only the Catholic community. Migration was stopped by introducing landowners. During the fighting Kuruc very desolate village and gradually abolished and the Wallachian privileges. The year 1747 was established parish office. In 1791 built the first brick Catholic church on the spot where stood originally wooden, built in 1705, was later broken up and sold to Žaškov village.
In 1754, the school mentioned in the Central Office, which was then called the Centre and in the minutes mentioned teacher Martin Juriga. After 1848, the village was in bondage estate Orava compossessorate. Up to 1945, then increased the rate of emigration of citizens.
Only in 1871 was created communal forest association. For people not on redemption from bondage enough prostriedkov.V in 1785 was Zázrivá 2030 inhabitants in 1828, 2,600 inhabitants, then their number has declined due to epidemics and emigration, in 1828 and 70th in 2598 people the 20th Zázrivá century was the largest village in Orava, had more than 4,100 people. Then, the population dropped to about half.
In Zázrivá born John Nepomuk Drengubiak - priest, painter, carver. Born on 31st 10th 1781st Francis worked here Tondra - Spiš former diocesan bishop and Andrej Imrich - Spiš auxiliary Bishop
During the SNP was in the village guerrilla base on which landed several intelligence and diversionary amphibious guerrilla groups. Village was Soviet troops conquered on 5th April 1945.