Sklené, Turčianske Teplice District

Sklené (German: Glaserhau; Hungarian: Turócnémeti) is a village and municipality in Turčianske Teplice District in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia.

Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Turóc County within the Kingdom of Hungary.

Until the end of World War II his village was called Glaserhau and populated mostly by German Catholic farmers who had originally migrated here in the 1400 as gold miners.

During the Slovak National Uprising Slovak partisans committed a massacre on 21 September 1944 among the German population of the village, killing 186 inhabitants.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 588 metres and covers an area of 40.502 km².

Location of Sklene in Slovakia and in the Zilina Region
Mass grave and memorial