1. The city of Tlmače
Tlmače town consists of the original old
village of Tlmače, also called the lower
part of Tlmače, on the left bank of the
Hron and new part – housing estate
called Lipník estate on the right bank of
the river Hron. The lower part has 689
inhabitants and a housing estate Lipník
has 3,832 inhabitants.
On the town emblem of Tlmače there is a
dove with an ear of grain in its beak, and
below it are placed a two parts of a plow
on a blue background.
The name Tlmače originated a long time
ago as a Talmanach or Tolmach.
It came from the word Interpreter,
because long time ago were living here
people, who who were interpreting,
translating and giving information to
those the travellers
3. Mayor of Tlmače
The mayor of Tlmače is
Miroslav Kupči. He is the head
of the town, his job is to
supervise all town stuff and
make sure that everything in
the is in order.
He is settled in a town hall
building, right next to our
kindergarten.
4. We are traveling to the city of
Tlmače
When we enter Tlmače we can
see a large factory with a tall
chimney. It´s called
TATRAVAGÓNKA. Many people
work in this factory. They are
making large metal wagons for
railways.
Near this factory there is a large
bus and train station.
5. ...and we go on
Center of the lower
part of Tlmače
Shopping centre
Tesco
6. ...and further
In the lower part of
Tlmače we can see
old Roman-Catholic
church of Our Lady
of Sorrows.
7. SNP monument
Monument of the
Slovak national
raising in the lower
part of Tlmače.
It is a monument built
to honor soldiers,
which died in the
WW2
8. Lift your legs up, we're going above
the water...
The Hron river flows
between old and new
part of Tlmače. Life in
the river is very rich for
various kinds of fish.
River is surrounded with
birds, swans, wild
geese, ducks, and
cranes,mostly durring
the spring and autumn,
caused by theire
migration.
9. ...we're going across the bridge
So our feet will not
get wet, we'd rather
cross the river by the
bridge.
This bridge over the
Hron connects the
lower part of Tlmače
with Lipník housing
estate.
10. ...What has happened???
Our bus just stopped.
What has
happened??? Did it
go wrong???
No, it just ran out of
fuel - diesel. What will
we do???
We will fill it up at the
gas station
11. And here we see
SOŠ technická
Tlmače – Secondary
school of Technic - for
older children which
can study here all
technical skills like
welding, repairing and
programming
machines, working on
some machines and
many other useful
things
13. Town hall
Everybody who
listened well at the
beginning will know
who works here...
The mayor and many
of his colleagues work
at the town hall office
and take care of our
town.
14. house of culture
This building is a
central of cultural life
of the town.
It hosts various
performances and
events, concerts,
dances, sings, plays
and people come
here to have fun,
relax and spend their
leasure time.
15. The new church in Lipník
Parish Church of
the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus.
16. Slovak double cross
This monument is
dedicated to the first
Christians - Cyril and
Methodius
17. Park on the housing estate
Like every town,
Tlmače also have
park. Its silent and
nice place where we
can take rest and
relax.
23. Our trip is slowly coming to an end
The bus stopped at
the bus tation and we
will now exercise our
legs and visit someof
the places which we
saw from the bus.