author Eliáš Láni - poet and author Gregor Láni - Lutheran dignitary and author Viliam Lenčo - pedagogue Karol Lilge - national activist and author Matej Lochman - priest and chronicler Matej Miškóci - national activist and pedagogue Matej Polereczky - military officer Ján Sturmayr - architect Ján Šikura - historian Ondrej Šoltýs - encyclopedian Samuel Štarke - national activist Jozef Tatár - author and teacher Ladislav Zgúth - national activist and journalist Daily life The village hosts the Associated School of Farming and Fishery, which belongs to only a few of its kind in Central Europe. As for annual events, the traditional Michael's Mošovce Fair, which takes place in early October, is one of the largest fairs in Slovakia. In addition to the New Year's fireworks and a classical Maypole celebrations, another event worth mentioning is a Fire Brigade ball organized during the Carnival period and connected to a Mask March. In the past, until the beginning of the 1990s, a half-marathon with the name of The SNP Run was held in the town annually. In addition to that, at the end of August Mošovce becomes the site of the ŠRZ Drienok Cup Volleyball tournament - the largest amateur volleyball tournament in Slovakia, founded in 1977, with the participation of around 90 teams. At the same time, a solemn wreath-laying takes place under the Slovak National Uprising monument. Town economy Until the beginning of the 1990s the town had a hide-processing factory together with the connecting fur-processing industry. Later the inhabitants changed focus to provision of tourist services (local thermal springs and nature are used), food industry (baking facilities), construction field (production of concrete prefabricates, house kits, as well as traditional construction industry) and fishery (Mošovce ponds). Agriculture still keeps its importance, with an increasing significance of forestry. It is, however, necessary to emphasize, that the town's function is still predominantly residential and the majority of economically active inhabitants commute to the nearby Turčianske Teplice or Martin. Twin towns Mošovce is twinned with: Dwikozy, Poland Kozy, Poland Lalić (Odžaci), Serbia Gallery See also Révay Manor House in Mošovce Mošovce Park Church of Holy Trinity in Mošovce Lutheran Church in Mošovce Neogothic chapel in Mošovce External links Official site Tourist Brochure Information about Mošovce Drienok References BEŇOVSKÝ, J. a kol.: Mošovce v premenách času. Martin: Osveta, 1984. 304 pp. LIPPAN, M. a kol.: Mošovce. Banská Bystrica: Stredoslovenské vydavateľstvo, 1971. 405