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CernovA
1907
Date of
issue: October 24, 1997
Stamp Design: Jozef Balaz
Stamp Engraving: Martin Cingovsky
Printing: Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague
Print Technology: Rotary-recess printing combined with recess printing
Print Run: 2,000,000
FDC Design: Jozef Balaz
FDC Engraving: Arnold Feke
Cancellation Design: Jozef Balaz
Printing: Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague
Print Technology: Recess printing from flat plates
FDC Print Run: 10,000
© 1997 by Ministry of Transport,
Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic
The earliest preserved reference to
Cernova near Ruzomberok (in the form Csernow) dates from 1461.
Andrej Hlinka, the Catholic priest and campaigner for the rights of the
Slovaks, was born here in 1846. Parish priest in Ruzomberok from 1905,
Hlinka. was the principal force behind moves to build a church in Cernova,
an aspiration realized thanks to the invention and donations of its
citizens. The planned consecration of the building on 27th October, 1907
failed to take into account the will of the townsfolk, who were adamant
that the ceremony should be carried out by their fellow citizen, Hlinka.
The bloody confrontation that resulted claimed fifteen lives, with
eighteen people incarcerated and a further fifty-nine arraigned.
Cernova brought the existence of the Slovaks as a distinct entity to
international notice, and the nation views the events as a tragic chapter
in its history. The Cernova Bloodbath, as it has come to be known,
occurred at a time of deep political and social crisis and national
conflicts within the multinational Hungarian Kingdom.
The sufferings of the Slovaks in pursuing their rights were brought to
international attention - despite the displeasure of the Hungarian
establishment-by the Norwegian writer Bjomstjerne Bjornson and the British
historian Seton-Watson.
Mgr. Viliam Weiss
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