Turček

Turček (; ) is a village and municipality in Turčianske Teplice District in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia.

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Slovak place.name: Turček
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Turček 21 Slovakia 1.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag: Turcek-turcianske teplice-flag.svg
Slovak place.image_shield: Turcek 1487 795.jpg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Turčianske Teplice District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Turček in the Žilina Region##Location of Turček in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date: 1371
Slovak place.elevation_m: 674
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code: 384 8
Slovak place.area_code: +421 43
Slovak place.registration_plate: RK

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Official name: Turček
Population: 621
Area: 53.010630
Elevation: 674
Official website: www.obecturcek.sk
Image: Turček.JPG
Dialing code: 043
Licence plate code: TR

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Commons category: Turček
postal code: 038 48
time of earliest written record: 1371-00-00
native label: Turček
inception: 1371-00-00

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Turček (; ) is a village and municipality in Turčianske Teplice District in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia.

==History== In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1371. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Turóc County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. The village belonged to a German language island. The German population was expelled in 1945.