Rimavská Sobota is a district town located in the Slovenské Rudohorie mountains in central Slovakia. Points of interest include the Roman Catholic Church with a valuable painting, several other churches, the District House formerly a hotel, and the Gemer-Malohont Museum housed in a former artillery barracks. The town hosts cultural events including an art gallery, observatory, choir groups, and an international fairy tale festival. Traditional foods include gemerské guľky potato dumplings, potato cakes, and pirohy pies.

1. Slovakia
Rimavská Sobota

2. Position
 The city of Rimavská Sobota and its district is
situated in the mountains Slovenské Rudohorie,
in the Rimava River valley surrounded by the
protected landscape area Cerová Vrchovina and
the Natural Park Muránska Planina. Rimavská
Sobota is a district town.
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3. Sights
 the Roman/Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist built on the
Gothic basilica foundations, extra valuable is a central picture
"Happiness of St. John the Baptist, the best work of Vincenzo
Fischer
 the Reformed Church
 the Lutheran Church
 the District House, originally the hotel Čierny orol, built according to
the architectural rendering of the Fr. Miks
 the District House –Grémium
 the secondary grammar school, the town hall, the youth shelter,
 a building of former artillery barracks, now Gemer-Malohont
Museum, that preserves in its collections the valuable archaeological
discoveries from the excavations in the town, Včelince, Kyjatice,
Skerešovo, a mummy of the Egyptian woman from the 26th dynasty
of years 945-525 B.C. from the town Abusír-el-Melek. Nowadays,
the above mentioned buildings create a historical town zone.

4. Culture
 The Town Gallery that presents contemporary
art in its exhibition and also in the square during
summer.
 Very favourable position on Tomašová Street
has the observatory, in Europe known via
observations of stars’ obscuration.
 In the town there are: the Women's choir, the
singers' quartet, the brass band called
Sobotienka, folk ensembles Rimavan, Háj, Új
Gömör, children folk ensembles Lieskovček and
Oriašok, the amateur theatrical groups Divosud,
Badido, Pictus, DDS Buratinko.

5. Traditional events
 Cultural Summer – leisure activities against
boredom
 LETAVY /summer camp for artists
 Gemer-Malohont Fair that represents also the
products of folk producers and craftsmen from
our town - graving, belting, pottery as well as
bell-casting products
 Gemer of fairy tale writer Dobšinský-
international meeting of friends, fans and
authors of fairy tales for children of all art
genres, inspired by Pavol Dobšinský collecting
activity.

6. Traditional food
 If you ever visited our town, we would be
pleased to offer you traditional Slovak
food - gemerské guľky,
- halušky (potato dumplings),
- zemiakové placky (potato cakes),
- kapustníky (meal from cabbage), or
- pirohy (pies).

7. Some pictures of Rim. Sobota

8. Rimavská Sobota in winter

11. The Map of Rimavská Sobota
 The map of our hometown