Mokroluh
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Mokroluh is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia.
History
In the medieval times, Mokroluh was a vassal village and it belonged to the estate
The name of the village changed several times over the course of the centuries. In 1277 it was called Mokurlang, in 1320 Saarpotok, in 1773 Mokroluch, in 1920 Mokroluky and since 1972 Mokroluh. The oldest known seal of the village comes from the second half of the 19th century. It depicts a tree growing on the ground.
In the past Mokroluh was an agrarian village; its inhabitants worked the land, raised cattle and produced
There are only a few old buildings remaining in the village – the Roman Catholic Church from 1772, the chapel from 1826, and the Lutheran bell tower from 1933. Only a few original wooden houses have been preserved and are now slightly altered with revised and redesigned roofs. Several classic wooden and clay storehouses (sypanec) today remain unchanged since they were constructed. Some of them were transformed into holiday cottages.
Present
Modern development began after the liberation of the village 20 January 1945. The citizens themselves repaired a destroyed bridge. Electricity was established in 1956 and in 1958 the first phone line was introduced. In 1959, a single agricultural cooperative (JRD) was created by force. On the foundation of the old carriage workshop a new culture house was built between 1948 and 1952. In the second half of the 1950’ a municipal cinema, library, and amateur theatre led by the local teachers were established there. Today, the cinema does not work, but the library is active, and so is a Mokroluzan folk group, which preserves folk music and dramas from the lives of our ancestors.
Geography
Mokroluh is situated 5 km to the west of Bardejov in the direction of Stará Ľubovňa and Poprad in the valley of the river Topľa in between the Čergov and Low Beskids mountain ranges.
The municipality lies in an altitude of 324 metres and covers an area of 7.947 km². It has a population of about 715 people.