Štiavnické Bane | |
Other Name: | Hegybánya |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Štiavnica District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Štiavnické Bane in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Štiavnické Bane in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.44°N 18.87°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1559 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 10.16 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 670 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 824 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 969 81 |
Area Code: | +421 45 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | BS |
Štiavnické Bane (hu|Hegybánya) is a village in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
First, in 1352 it was recorded as Sygluspergh, then in 1388 as Pergh, in 1457 as Sigelsperg, in 1559 as Pergh, later as Szélakna, Windschacht and then until 1891 as Pjerg, after Hegybánya. Slovaks used Piarg until 1948, after Štiavnické Bane. Recently, Germans use the form Siegelsberg, while Hungarians use Hegybánya.
Štiavnické Bane was the birthplace of the 18th century astronomer Maximilian Hell and the World War II fascist politician Vojtech Tuka, who was hanged by Czechoslovakia for his wartime crimes.