Before 1392
Before the written record
Finds at Na Nehvanci near Hrnčiarové document settlement in the Late Bronze Age. The site also yielded finds from a Slavic burial ground.
Source [2] ↗About Lubina
01 / History
A story with deep roots.
1392
Lubina enters the written record
The municipal history dates the first reference to 7 March 1392, when Sigismund of Luxembourg granted the Čachtice estate, including Lubina, to Stibor of Stiboricz.
Source [2] ↗ Source [4] ↗17th century
Exiles and crafts
Following the Battle of White Mountain, Czech exiles arrived. The municipal history associates them with milling, pottery, carpentry and especially clothmaking, as well as Lutheran education and religious life.
Source [2] ↗1783–1784
A Lutheran church
The Lutheran church was built under the toleration reforms, together with a parsonage. The site later became closely associated with the Holuby family.
Source [5] ↗1845
Javorina as a meeting place
A gathering on Veľká Javorina marked the publication of Slovenské národné noviny. It is one of the historical roots of Czech–Slovak friendship in the region.
Source [16] ↗1848
Uprising, fire and Karol Holuby
Karol Holuby organised support for Slovak volunteers. The suppression of local resistance brought fire to the village. Holuby was captured and executed on 26 October 1848 near present-day Šulekovo.
Source [6] ↗1923–1924
The first Holuby mountain lodge
After its foundation stone was laid in 1923, the original lodge opened ceremonially on 6 July 1924. It was rebuilt following a fire in 1926.
Source [15] ↗1944–1945
Resistance below Javorina
Miloš Uher organised the Lubina partisan group known as the Hurban unit. The memorial complex on Roh hill commemorates this chapter of regional resistance.
Source [11] ↗ Source [12] ↗1972 / 1983
Traditions continue through Javorinka
The Javorinka folklore group was founded in Miškech Dedinka in 1972. A children’s group followed in 1983.
Source [14] ↗1992
The village museum opens
After restoring Samuel Štúr’s birthplace, the municipality opened a museum with help from Matica slovenská, connecting family histories with the village’s past.
Source [8] ↗Where does the name come from? Linguistic research links Lubina with lub, referring to bark or bast, and woodland supplying it. The local story about “dubina” becoming Lubina is a legend, not evidence of the village’s foundation.Source [3] ↗
02 / People
Lives that reached beyond the village.
Born in Lubina · teacher
Samuel Štúr
1789–1851An educator and the father of Ľudovít Štúr. His birthplace houses the village museum. Ľudovít Štúr is connected to Lubina through his family; he was not born here.
Source [8] ↗Born in Lubina · botanist and ethnographer
Jozef Ľudovít Holuby
1836–1923A Lutheran pastor and scholar of plants and folk culture who worked in Zemianske Podhradie. His Flora des Trencsiner Comitates appeared in 1888. Charles University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1922.
Source [7] ↗Connected with Lubina · uprising participant
Karol Holuby
1826–1848The older brother of Jozef Ľudovít Holuby was born in Háj. He grew up in the Lubina pastor’s family and organised local resistance in 1848. His capture and execution form a central chapter in the village’s historical memory.
Source [42] ↗Born in Lubina · Hurban unit commander
Miloš Uher
1914–1945An organiser of partisan resistance in Lubina and the surrounding region, buried at the Roh memorial. His name remains closely associated with resistance throughout the region below Javorina.
Source [10] ↗ Source [11] ↗Born in Lubina · sculptor
Rudolf Uher
1913–1987An important figure in modern Slovak sculpture. His work at the Roh memorial also connects his artistic legacy with his birthplace.
Source [9] ↗ Source [10] ↗Figures connected with the region
Rudolf Vrba a Alfréd Wetzler
Odboj / ResistanceAfter escaping Auschwitz and co-authoring a report on mass murder, they joined the Hurban partisan unit. Plaques unveiled at Roh in 2007 commemorate their connection with local resistance.
Source [12] ↗03 / Places and surroundings
History remains in the landscape.
Samuel Štúr’s birthplace
The museum presents local figures, religious life, education, crafts, traditional dress and wartime history. The house itself preserves the character of traditional architecture below Javorina.
Source [17] ↗Roh memorial complex
A place of remembrance for fallen partisans, associated with Miloš Uher. Sculptures by Rudolf Uher connect the site’s artistic expression with the history of local resistance.
Source [10] ↗ Source [17] ↗Lutheran church and parsonages
The church of 1783–1784 and neighbouring church buildings illuminate the village’s religious and educational history. The old parsonage is associated with the Holuby family.
Source [5] ↗Jewish heritage
Lubina’s past also includes a Jewish community. The ESJF initiative documents its cemetery. Further archival research can help tell this history with due care for the memory of its people.
Source [13] ↗Beyond the village
Bzince pod Javorinou and Cetuna
Ľudmila Podjavorinská’s birthplace and sites commemorating the Slovak National Uprising extend the story into the neighbouring region.
Source [35] ↗Stará Turá
Writer Kristína Royová was born in Stará Turá. Her mother, Františka, belonged to the Holuby family, linking the two places through family and literary history.
Source [36] ↗Zemianske Podhradie
An important place in Jozef Ľudovít Holuby’s working life and home to the Holuby–Rizner memorial house, connecting his work with the wider Bošáca valley.
Source [37] ↗04 / Events and traditions
What brings us together.
Czech–Slovak friendship celebrations
Historic gatherings on Veľká Javorina took on their modern form in 1990. They express cross-border ties that continue beyond the division of Czechoslovakia.
Source [16] ↗Remembering the uprising at Roh
Commemorative gatherings connect wartime losses, family memory and the history of local resistance. Roh serves as a place of remembrance for the wider region.
Source [12] ↗Javorinka and living traditions
The Miškech Dedinka folklore group preserves songs, dances, customs and Lubina’s distinctive traditional dress, keeping local heritage alive beyond museum walls.
Source [14] ↗International civic gatherings
New story for Europe took place on 29–31 July 2022. Cross-border cooperation continued with the Brotherhood association event on 26–28 July 2024.
Source [23] ↗ Source [24] ↗This section describes the history of events. Check current dates with their organisers.