Vývoj katolíckeho školstva v Ružomberku za prvej Československej republiky.

The town of Ružomberok, thanks to a rapid development of industry at the end of 19th century and important figures of cultural and political events (Andrej Hlinka, Karol Sidor, Vavro Šrobár a.o.) is ranked in the group of the most important cities of Slovakia, within the inter-war period. Education has not been left aside which, by means of the clerics and their grammar school, was famous beyond the borders of the kingdom. Today, hardly anyone knows that in lower Liptov, at the beginning of the last century, there were other, less important schools, mostly lower type (elementary schools). The ambition of this study is, therefore, to overcome this negative fact and enrich the history of church education with interesting knowledge acquired by regional research. The introductory part, the aim of which is to inform percipients in the broader historical context of the socio-political situation and the school system in the newly established Republic, then in the paper to turn the attention of the reader to a micro-history, where the status of Catholic schools in Ružomberok, within the period under review, is analysed. The benefits of the work in this case are the new findings about the activities of the School Sisters of St. Francis O. S. F. in Ružomberok, as well as the establishment of the Institute for Education of Kindergarten Teachers, which has so far remained on the periphery of interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]