Višňové, Žilina District

Direct evidence of settlement in the area was also provided by Slavic burial mounds from the 9th century on the northern slopes of Hoblík hill, which were, however, destroyed by agricultural activity.

Medieval and Early Modern Period In the 14th century, in connection with the so-called German and Wallachian colonization, the population density of the local region increased.

The application of the principle "cuius regio, eius religio" (whose realm, his religion) meant that, especially in the 17th century, the local inhabitants were sometimes Catholic and other times Lutheran.

Thanks to miraculous healings in the Church of St. Nicholas at the end of the 17th century (from 1674), it became a pilgrimage site, about which a small book was also published by the parish priest of Rosina.

Revival was brought by the landowner, construction engineer, banker, and entrepreneur Rudolf Krupec, who bought the Ordódy manor and promoted modern principles of management on the estate.

People returning from overseas bought properties and, in addition to much-needed money, brought new knowledge, skills, and abilities that changed life in the village and enjoyed general respect.

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, a wave of immigrants from Poland came to the village, traveling south through the Kysucké Beskydy mountains in search of better living conditions.

World War II was inscribed in black letters in the village's history, especially on September 3, 1944, when, after partisans fired on a military patrol, the Germans burned several houses and led many men to the church for execution.

The standard of living was raised by the construction of a catchment water supply system, a shopping center, a football field, a swimming pool, and a ski resort on Holé dielo.