Kraskovo – Holiday Apartment and Gothic Church in the Slovak Ore Mountains

Culture and History

Kraskovo reveals its historical character through several tangible traces. Its history does not appear as a single backdrop, but rather through architecture, craftsmanship, and market rights.

At the centre is the Gothic Protestant church: it was built on the site of an older structure and fortified with a wall in the 15th century. The fortified church complex includes a wooden bell tower dating from 1657. Inside, frescoes from the 14th century have been preserved on the surfaces of the presbytery, the chancel arch, and the northern nave wall. The northern nave wall also features a complete legend of Saint Ladislaus. The church contains a medieval stone baptismal font from the 13th century. Thus, this building brings together various named testimonies to the history of the village, without having to reduce them to the same period.

Access to the interior of the Gothic church in Kraskovo must be arranged in advance by telephone with the guide, Ilčík, at 0910 968 068. Anyone wishing to see the interior with its preserved furnishings should make this necessary contact before visiting.

History

Historical craft activities in Kraskovo included the production of wooden dishes and tools. Historically, Kraskovo held the right to organize an annual fair on Saint Ladislaus’s Day, the feast day of its patron saint. Alongside the church building, production and market tradition thus emerge as independent traces in the recorded history of the village. The two references lead from everyday production to an expressly named right in the annual calendar and complement the ecclesiastical evidence with a secular aspect of the village’s history.

Location

Kraskovo is situated in the southeastern part of the Slovak Ore Mountains, on a flat ridge between the Rimava Valley and the Blh Valley. In a southeasterly direction, the Gotická cesta leads to Kraskovo.

Landscape

A high plateau lies near Kraskovo. Its predominantly deforested relict surface consists of andesitic pyroclastics.

Accommodation

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Other Places

Other places at the same level: Rimavské Zalužany, Hodejov, Hajnáčka, Rumince, Martinová, Budikovany, Blhovce, Hnúšťa.

To the higher-level travel overview: Rimavská Sobota District.