Krásno nad Kysucou

Krásno nad Kysucou (Hungarian: Karászno, earlier (Kiszuca)-Krászno) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region, north-western Slovakia. Krásno nad Kysucou is the youngest town in Slovakia (it gained the statute of town on the 1. September 2001). It is an industrial town known for its forest industry. It is the third biggest town in Kysuce Region and it is also known to be the gate to the Bystrická dolina. It has 7038 inhabitants. The first written record about Krásno nad Kysucou was in 1325. At first the village was in the possession of the hereditary reeve of Žilina, then it belonged to the Strečno county. The First World War together with the Second World War and the Economic Crisis left Krásno, like many other places, in a bad...