Devičie | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Krupina |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Devičie in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Devičie in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.3167°N 21°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1256 |
Elevation M: | 254 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 301 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 962 65 (pošta Hontianske Nemce) |
Area Code: | 421-45 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KA |
Website: | devicie-obec.webnode.sk |
Devičie (Hungarian: Devicse) is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. Starostom je Roman Lenhard.
Settlements from the Bronze Age and Thracian and Hallstatt finds have been made here.
In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1256 when King Béla IV resettled persons from Devičie to Hontianske Nemce. In the 16th century it belonged to Čabraď castle (Kőváry and Terjény families).
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"