Štiavnické Bane Explained

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.

Name

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.

Famous people

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] ]. sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  2. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  3. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.