approximately 300 students Twin towns — sister cities Tisovec is twinned with: Putnok, Hungary Ludgeřovice, Czech Republic Nowy Żmigród, Poland Shenandoah, Iowa, United States Famous people Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952), Communist journalist, politician and a founder of the magazine DAV. Clementis was sentenced to death by Communists as a part of the cleansing in the bloody 1950s. Pavol Jozeffy (1775–1848), was a leading personality in the Gemer area during the revolution era of 1848–1849 and later. He was a town priest and became a bishop in 1823. He also defended Ľudovít Štúr in his fight to sustain a department of Slovak language and literature at the Evangelical lycee in Bratislava. Štefan Marko Daxner, politician and lawyer, one of the most significant persons in 19th-century Slovak history. Terézia Vansová, a writer from the era of realism. She lived in Tisovec for more than 30 years and wrote some of her important pieces there. She also propagated women's emancipation. Ladislav Záborský (1921–2016), a painter, book illustrator, and church artist (stained glass windows in 25 churches and 21 "Stations of the Cross") was born in Tisovec; due to his Christian activities became a political prisoner and lived in Martin. Tim Flakoll, Senator from North Dakota was among the volunteers who helped remodel and build the Christian Gymnasium in the early 1990s. References External links Cities and towns in Slovakia