Slowane



Slowane is a former hamlet near Hurbanova.

L'histoire
In 1968 Shkola Hurbanovni tried to buy the entire area to build student apartments. They bought almost the entire southern half, while the northern half kept private. When Shkola announced that all buildings would be demolished people protested heavily. The little village church was demolished in 1976. The hamlet was deserted since 1987, when the last inhabitant went. In 2008 the only building of the former village, the Rose Garden, was demolished to make room for new business area.

Development


In 1968 the first areas were sold to Shkola Hurbanovni. Those were farm lands. They demped the little Dike Hole as it was called by the local community.

In 1976 the little local village church was demolished and some buildings too. The protests were severe. Everywhere throughout Oceana yells like Spassit the Church! (Save the Church!) were to be heared.

Two years later, in 1978, almost the entire southern half was demolished. Only one building still stood. Shkola Hurbanovni started to sell some grounds in the neighborhood. When the State of Oceana asked why they did this, they answered: "We do this because we've decided to work no longer on our plans." The local community was furious. At the end of 1978 only one inhabitant was left.

In 1987 this last inhabitant, Peter Hrád, decided to leave. Only two buildings remained, of which one was demolished in 1989 and the other one, the Rose Garden, in 2008. The official number of inhabitants was two, as there lived two people in the buildings of the Shkola Hurbanovni itself. In 2006, Slowane and Shkola Hurbanovni were split and became two seperate neighborhoods. Slowane itself would split again at the end of 2008, when their was a Northern Slowane, meant for financial business, and a Southern Slowane, meant for residential use.