Svätý kríž - the wooden articled Evangelical church
The central attraction in this village is the protestant wooden articular church which was built formerly in the village of Paludza by master Jozef Lang (1774). During the construction of the dam at Liptovska Mara (1974-1892) the church was removed and relocated to its present site. Articular churches were the first officialy approved protestant sacred buildings in the Liptov region. They had to be located outside of the borders of the village and had no Belfry or iron and metal parts. The wooden Belfry of this church was added in 1781 after the "Declaration of Tolerance" by King Joseph the 2nd.
It stands on the border of the territories administered by Svätý Kríž and Lazisko. The ground plan of the church is in the shape of a 43 metre-long cross. The church takes almost 6,000 persons. The wooden Baroque furniture together with the remarkable wooden Baroque altar from 1693 with the painting of Christ's Transformation were designed to inspire awe.
Also the pulpit standing on log foundations supported, as if by a Baroque angel is unique both in terms of visual impression and acoustics. The altar and the pulpit were made by the woodcarver J. Lerch of Kežmarok. The two-storied choir emporia in the interior of the church are adorned by Biblical paintings and along with a big chandelier of Venetian glass they create a charming atmosphere. Part of the church is also an independently standing wooden tower serving as a belfry. It was added to the church later.
High Tatras with its 24 peaks higher than 2.500 m above sea level provide the only mountains with an Alpine character in the whole of the 1.200 km length of the Carpathian Mountain range.
The town of High Tatras was founded in 1947 and it has a population of 5,000 residents. The Administrative centre of the town is Stary Smokovec, which together with Tatranska Lomnica and Strbske Pleso provides the focal point for one of the three most important Tatra tourist resorts. High Tatras covers an area of 398 square km and is one of the largest cities in the Slovak republic.
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Tourist information for the visitors of High Tatras:
Mountain rescue service
NONSTOP emergency calls: 18 300
Contact: HZS Vysoké Tatry, Starý Smokovec 23, 059 60 Vysoké Tatry,
phone: 052/4422820, fax: 052/4422855, mobile: 0903624869, e-mail:
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TIK - Tatra information board:
TIK STARÝ SMOKOVEC:
address: Oblastné stredisko HZS Vysoké Tatry, Starý Smokovec 23, 062 01 Vysoké Tatry
phone: +421 (0)52 442 34 40
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TIK TATRANSKÁ LOMNICA:
address: TIK TATRANSKÁ LOMNICA, 059 60 Tatranská Lomnica, Vysoké Tatry
phone: +421 (0)52 446 81 19
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TIK ŠTRBSKÉ PLESO:
address: TIK ŠTRBSKÉ PLESO, 059 85 Štrbské Pleso, Vysoké Tatry
phone: +421 (0)52 449 23 91
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