Hurbanova

Town
Name	Hurbanova
Hexacode	OC-HU-01
Population	842
Language(s)	English, Oceana
Geography
Location	Oceana (Peace Island)
Trivia
Nicknames	Hurbanovo
Saint(s)	Pope Urban I

Hurbanova is a town on Peace Island. It's the capital of Oceana. The town has a very interesting history. You can stay at the Oceana Hotel if you want to see all the places of interest of this town and its region, Oceana. Hurbanova has been founded in 1881 and it's one of the oldest towns of Lovia. It's possible you sometimes don't understand some words if you talk to people of Hurbanova. They probably speak the dialect of Oceana then. Hurbanova is surrounded by a beautiful area.

Name

The name Hurbanova might come from Pope Urban I. The name used in some old, but hardly readable, documents is Urban One which probably changed to Hurban Ona and later on to Hurbanova. Pope Urban I is known as the protector of the drunken people. Probably the people of Hurbanova drank much, but that's just a theory. It's not completely known why the town should be called after Pope Urban I.

Some people think it's not named after the pope, but they think it's derived from the Latin words Urbs Nova, which means new city. This theory as well isn't supported by all specialists, because there should be no reason why one of the oldest town of Lovia should be called new city.

A third group of people think its origin is Slovak. In Slovakia there's a town called Hurbanovo. The name of Hurbanova in the Oceana dialect is Hurbanovo. Since many people in Hurbanova have Slovak blood in them, this could be a realistic theory. On the other hand, the Slovak town wasn't named Hurbanovo untill 1948. So this probably isn't the origin of the name Hurbanova.

A forth group of people think its origin isn't Slovak or Latin, but Oceana. Hurb (from Slovak hrb) means 'a lot (of)', banoft (from Slovak banoviť) means 'to feel sorry' and novo (from Slovak mnoho) means 'a lot (of)'. So, its name could be hurb banoft novo or hrb banoviť mnoho or a lot of feeling sorry, a lot. This could be in connection with the 1884 fire. Many people disagree the fact that 'a lot (of)' is used twice in the name, they think this is a mistake and an indication it's not Oceana. However, it is usual in the Oceana dialect to use a word twice if you really mean something for sure, but it's not possible to use the same word twice. For example, hurb banoft hurb should be incorrect as hurb is used twice, hurb banoft novo isn't incorrect because hurb is used only once.

Town map

Pacific Ocean	Oceana Beach	Railway: Peace Island Railway
		1 Vlackstreet: Hurbanova Railway Station			5 Vlackstreet: Post Office Hurbanova	7 Vlackstreet: De Limburger	9 Vlackstreet: Wooden Hurbanovan Bank	Parking lot
		Vlackstreet
		2 Vlackstreet: FOR SALE	4 Vlackstreet: L-Souvenirs	1*	6 Vlackstreet: FOR SALE	8 Vlackstreet: FOR SALE	10 Vlackstreet: FOR SALE		12 Vlackstreet: Ben	2*	14 Vlackstreet: FOR SALE	16 Vlackstreet: FOR SALE
		1 Oceana Side-street: Oceana Hotel	3 Oceana Side-street: Swift Oil		5 Oceana Side-street: Oos Wes Ilava	7 Oceana Side-street: Alexandru	9 Oceana Side-street: FOR SALE		11 Oceana Side-street: FOR SALE		13 Oceana Side-street: FOR SALE	15 Oceana Side-street: Grey Lounge
		Oceana Side-street
		2 Oceana Side-street: Beach Pub	4 Oceana Side-street: Supermarket Doshmat	6 Oceana Side-street: Oceana Court House Oceana State Court		10 Oceana Side-street: FOR SALE		12 Oceana Side-street: InterBus	14 Oceana Side-street: FOR SALE	16 Oceana Side-street: FOR SALE
		1 Danish Avenue: Butique	3 Danish Avenue: Aventis	Hurbanova Central Park					13 Danish Avenue: FOR SALE	15 Danish Avenue: JamalH
		Danish Avenue
		2 Danish Avenue: Hurbanova Town Hall		6 Danish Avenue: FOR SALE	8 Danish Avenue: Bèr Mans	10 Danish Avenue: FOR SALE		12 Danish Avenue: FOR SALE	14 Danish Avenue: The Old Oceans' Farm
		Wallstreet
		Oceana Wall

1. Old Wharf
2. Mayores Road

History

A building being renovated.

Hurbanova is one of the oldest towns of Lovia. The town was founded in 1881. The reason why people started to live here was because they found something special, the Oceana Wall. This brick wall was already built before the first people arrived in Lovia. Even today this wall is a mystery. The village never grew much and is still as large as it was in 1930. Most buildings in the town are old and made of wood.

In 1884, when the town was three years old, there was an enormous fire in town which caused the destruction of almost 90% of all the buildings. Almost 39 people died of suffocation because they were trapped in the shecks and the smoke kept coming. The population descended from 201 to 162 and most people were homeless. The cause of the fire has never been found out and it's possible it has been done on purpose. The population didn't reach the 200 anymore untill the year 1938 and the town needed to be rebuilt. Though the fire destroyed almost all buildings because theyw ere made of wood, all new buildings were made of wood too. This had been done because the mayor of that time, Rashkolit' Shadenki wanted to not changed the look of the town. As he said with his own words: We buet nada do un shmean to oshine mest. O that obdif buet got do That Mest. (translation: We shall not betray our city. Or the tourists will leave us and go to Noble City.) All people of Hurbanova agreed with him and started to rebuild the houses and other buildings. New mines were built outside of the town, so workers couldn't sufficated anymore when there would come a new fire in Hurbanova. Fortunately, there would never come a fire on this scale in Hurbanova anymore. Thie owen buet nada come nomo. (translation: The fire shall never come no more.)

In June 2005 the renovation of the town began. It has been estimated 30% of all the buildings are heavily affected by woodworm. It's expected that the renovation will take two years and ten months, so all the work should be done in April 2008. The reason for the renovation is because the damaged buildings repel the tourists from coming to Hurbanova. This has been said by the ex-mayor Kčalit' Úskalie. His own words were: Thie woodcherref chest 'oshine sheals! As that so pokrochoved am got chelft 'on! (translation: Those woodworms eat of our houses! If this keeps going on like this forever I'd rather kill them one by one with my own bare hands!)

Archeologists are currently searching for more things that indicate there was live in Lovia before we came.

Mining history

Hurbanova was a place were people found coles in the ground, but not only coles, also gold and silver (though very little) were found in Hurbanova. As soon as 1877 the first mines came here, that was before the town of Hurbanova existed. Most people lived in small houses near the mines or in Noble City. Most mines were closed in the '60 and '70 of the twentieth century, though some mines are still functioning. Oceana was one of the few areas of Lovia were mining became so important. Most wealth of Hurbanova nowadays has derived from the mines.

There are still two mines opened nowadays, those are the Zlate Mine and the Lovian State Mine. The economy of Hurbanova depends for a large part on these two mines. Almost 10% of all inhabitants of Hurbanova (84) work in one of those mines, most other miners live in Noble City. Once nearly 100 % of the population of Hurbanova worked in the mines, but this changed when the first women arrived.

The following mines lay near Hurbanova.

Opened in	Name	Company	Type of mining	Closed in	State today
1877	Skalit' Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1958	The mine is flooded with water and isn't accessible anymore.
1878	Robit' Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1968	The mine is flooded with water and isn't accessible anymore.
1879	Lashbo Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1964	The mine functions as a working museum now.
1881	Pope Urban I Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1972	The mine is flooded with water and isn't accessible anymore.
1883	Skalit' Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1958	The mine is flooded with water and isn't accessible anymore.
1885	Rashlit Askolit' I Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1975	The mine is flooded with water and isn't accessible anymore.
1886	Rashlit Askolit' II Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1989	The mine functions as a museum.
1894	Strobro Mine	Strobro Mining	silver	1936	Unknown.
1904	Rashlit Askolit' III Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1963	Unknown.
1908	Rashlit Askolit' IV Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	1968	Unknown.
1915	Zlate Mine	Zlate Mining	gold	still open	The mine is still productive.
1932	Lucky Rock Mine	Unknown.	coles	Unknown.	Location of the mine is unknown.
1948	Lovian State Mine	Hurbanovan Mining	coles	still open	The mine is still productive.

Recent history

On the 30^th of March, 2008, two members of the "Organisation for support of the Hurbanovan independence", Oos Wes Thoes Bes and Alexandru, declared Hurbanova to be independent from the Lovian Kingdom. This has been done because the king has got too much power in Lovia and Libertas. To prevent Hurbanova becoming a small village in the eyes of the king, Hurbanova has become "The Free Republic Of Hurbanova".

THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK AGAINST THE KING, BUT AGAINST THE CURRENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF LOVIA AND LIBERTAS. BOTH COUNTRIES SHOULD FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE UWN AND SHOULD CREATE A LAW BASED ON THE ADLIBITAN AND MÄÖRES ONES.

Supporters of the independency are welcome to live in Hurbanova, people who do not support the independency could better leave. Hurbanova will become no battle ground of conflicts, military and discussions. It will become a paradise, and ack Narasha 'Oshenna, Narasha o'Limburk, Narasha o'Slovenski and Narasha o'Romanski be edovelited!

Places of interest

The Hurbanova Town Hall was a church in the old times.

Hurbanova is a place with a history, so it has got some places of interest.

• Oceana Town Hall or Hurbanova Town Hall: This building houses the local authorities of the Oceana State. It's a wooden building which actually was a church untill 1963. It has been renovated in 1974 and was totally rebuilt.
• The Old Oceans' Farm: This is a very old farm on the edge of the town. The Old Oceans' Farm was one of the first buildings to be built in town. The exact date isn't known, but it should be somewhere in the '90 of the ninteenth century. Nowadays, it functions as community centre of the town. Most young people of town go to this building each day. Another function of the building is that it houses the town's primary school.

The Oceana Hotel.

• Hurbanova Central Park: This park, which lies in the middle of town, has good grass and a few trees surrounding it. Remarkable of this park is that there are no statues or fontains.
• Oceana Wall: A mystery. This wall is at least 500 years old and was built before any people from "the known world" came to Lovia. This wall could indicated that there were people on Lovia a very long time ago.
• Oceana Court House: The building where the lawsuits of the Oceana State Court take place. It's built in 1902 and is a real attraction. The building is almost entirely built of wood.
• Oceana Hotel: The Oceana Hotel is the only hotel of Hurbanova. It has been built in 1898 as a farm and has been renovated in 2004. It became a hotel in 1975. Like most other buildings it's made of wood, but most other buildings also have some stone for the safety and strenght. Oceana Hotel is made of wood only and nothing else, except the windows. Even all te floors and the cellar are made of wood.
• Post Office Hurbanova or Hurbanova Post Office is the only post office of Hurbanova. It lies at the railway. It was built in 1882, which makes it one of the oldest buildings of Hurbanova. It has been renovated in 1923. Like most Hurbanovan buildings it's made of wood.
• Hurbanova Railway Station is an old railway station built in 1914. It has been renovated in 1957 and 2007. The building is often been called the Mail Station. That's because the mail used to arrive here.

Surrounding area

In the area surrounding Hurbanova are many pine forrests were you can walk through. There are many colemines left which are dangerous, so if you walk in the forrests try to keep away from those mines. In the last twenty years 27 tourists, 4 locals and 42 people from other places of Lovia lost their lifes because they fell into a mineshaft. If you want to see a mine with your own eyes you can visit one of the still functioning working museums.

You can visit the Oceana Beach at any time of the year. You can go fishing, diving the Oceana Reef, swimming and so on. Many people have left jewelry in the past so if you look well you might find a golden bracelet or a watch. The beach is at its narrowst point one meter and 74 centimeters and at its widest point it's almost 12 meters. The most visited area of the beach is the Hurbanovan Beach which lays adjacent to the Oceana Hotel and the Supermarket Doshmat.

Other places which you might want to see near Hurbanova are the Isle of London and the Isle of Frisco. These islands form the City Archipelago. Once there were three islands. The third island, which sank after an earthquake in 1903, was the only habited island. Its name was the Isle of Bratislava. All people survived the earthquake, but were once was the island now is a muddy ground. The Oceana people call this That Wodate Oster, the wet island.

Famous Hurbanovans

Many famous people from Lovia are born or have lived in Hurbanova. The following three people have lived in Hurbanova.

• 1812-1909: Rashkolit' Shadenki, mayor from 1883-1886
• 1885-1933: James M. Jackson, writer
• 1902-1969: Oscar O'Neill, poet
• 1947-?: Pažkolit Úskalie, fisherman, discovered the Oceana Reef in 1974.

Mayors

The following list is a list of all official mayors of Hurbanova. The current mayor is Oos Wes Ilava. As there have never lived so many people in Hurbanova, many famous people became mayor. For example the famous writer Jonas Hladovka Sr.. Paškolit' Úskalie, the man who discovered the Oceana Reef. And ofcourse John Ladowkah (Šon Hladovka), he was older than 100 years when he became mayor. Many mayors are family of eachother.

Year	Name	Born	Died	Comments
1881-1881	William Springhorse	1834	1881	Treated the people like slaves. Was killed by them.
1881-1882	George Springhorse	1857	1886	His father was killed by the people, he was poisened.
1882-1883	Kelový	?	1945	The first Slovak mayor.
1883-1886	Rashkolit' Shadenki	1812	1909	Had to deal with the 1884 fire.
1886-1893	Chelvas Malkoný	1857	1935
1893-1897	Carl Californian	1865	1915	Was a mineworker untill he became mayor.
1897-1899	Hökse Kladevnlý	1885	1964	The youngest mayor of Hurbanova ever.
1899-1900	Shlavný Malkoný	1867	1900	Died of a heavy fever.
1900-1908	Marc Hladovka	1880	1959	Made the Narasha 'Oshenna an official town language.
1908-1912	Dalndklný Úskalie	1886	1942
1912-1914	Maria Güngelberg	1985	1914	First woman to become mayor. Comitted suicide in 1914.
1914-1916	Kčalit' Āmšižar	1886	1965
1916-1918	Žasar Hrbit'	1891	1957
1918-1924	Čef Hladinký	1892	1943	Moved to France in 1924. Was killed in the Second World War in 1943.
1924-1930	Hlan Kladevnlý	1893	1953
1930-1938	Jonas Hladovka Sr.	1907	2005	Was a writer. He wrote several famous books.
1938-1940	Llanyu Gateigih	1919	1968	His origin is unknown.
1940-1944	Hlan Úskalie	1903	1968	Pažkolit' Úskalie's uncle.
1944-1945	George Likewise	1898	1972	Was a famous country singer-songwriter.
1945-1955	Jonas Hladovka Jr.	1927	2003	His father was a writer, he was a poet.
1955-1960	Khalid Al-Nāmūsiya (خالد الناموسية)	?	1965	Was the first Arabic mayor.
1960-1968	Klō Šāð	1938	2007
1968-1974	Kčáfš Dovedenia	1937	2006
1974-1984	Paškolit' Úskalie	1947		Discovered the Oceana Reef and remained mayor for 10 years.
1984-1990	Šlový Ský	1958
1990-1994	John Fromfields	1966
1994-1994	Hlan Ský	1964	1994	Died in a car accident. His brother had been mayor too.
1994-1996	John Laid	1968
1996-1999	John Ladowkah (Šon Hladovka)	1895	2006	Was older than 100 years when he became mayor.
1999-2001	Sakalír Kelmný	1978
2001-2003	Karl Uetersen	1974
2003-2007	Kčalit' Úskalie	1976		Decided to renovate the town.
2007-?	Oos Wes Ilava	1992

Sister cities

• Gäörne, Mäöres

See also

• Map colors
• Oceana