Počúvadlo | |
Other Name: | Bacsófalva |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Štiavnica District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Počúvadlo in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Počúvadlo in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.37°N 18.83°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1388 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 15.51 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 540 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 85 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 969 75 |
Area Code: | +421 45 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | BS |
Počúvadlo (hu|Bacsófalva) is a village and municipality in Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
The name comes from Slovak počúvať - to listen (the modern meaning), but also to observe, to watch (historic). Počúvadlo - an observation point, a watchtower. Pocholla 1333, Pochyualla 1388, Pochowala 1511, Počuwadlo 1773, Počuwadlo 1808, Počúvadlo 1920.[4]