Town Privileges

The most important privilege for Dolny Kubin, granted by Gaspar Illeshazy in 1632, was when Dolny Kubin became a town.

With the town privilege, Dolny Kubin gained the right of having both a market and a fair. Also, from this year onwards, the townspeople were allowed to build only nice, trimmed houses. That is to say, from this year on, no houses made of wood or with straw roofs were allowed in the town.

In 1696, another privilege was granted by Juraj Erdody, when he granted the town the right to levy tolls at the Dolny Kubin ford. At that time there were no bridges built over the river Orava. These tolls were put in place in order to help raise the town economically, after Orava has been devastated by both the Pikov uprising and by invasion from the Polish-Latvian army.

In 1712, during the reign of Charles III, Dolny Kubin was granted the final privilege for its economic growth. The town was given the right to have another market, and this time the townspeople were freed of paying tolls.

- First reference

- Town Privileges

- Town Development

- During the C18th

- The Town Square

- Trade and Industry

- C19th and C20th

- 1918 to 1945

- Schools' History

- Pictures of the past