Sklené Teplice | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Žiar nad Hronom |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 48.5333°N 70°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1340 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.91[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.21 |
Elevation M: | 345[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,132 |
Population Total: | 390[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 35.28[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 13.62 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 966 03 |
Area Code: | +421 45 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | ZH |
Website: | www.sklene-teplice.sk |
Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity (2011) |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [5] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Slovak |
Demographics1 Info1: | 96.6% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Hungarian |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.2% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Czech |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
Demographics1 Title4: | Unreported |
Demographics1 Info4: | 3% |
Demographics Type2: | Population by religion (2011) |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [6] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Roman Catholic |
Demographics2 Info1: | 79.1% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Lutheran |
Demographics2 Info2: | 0.7% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Methodist |
Demographics2 Info3: | 0.2% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Others |
Demographics2 Info4: | 0.7% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Non-religious |
Demographics2 Info5: | 11.0% |
Demographics2 Title6: | Unreported |
Demographics2 Info6: | 8.3% |
Sklené Teplice (German: Glasshütte, Hungarian: Szklenófürdő) is a small spa village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It is close to the historic town of Banská Štiavnica.
In historical records the village was mentioned for the first time in 1340 and was founded by Glaser Filius Gerhardi de Doplicze. Historical records for the spa come from 1549 in the chronicles of Juraj Wernher.
The first spa was built in this valley in 1701. Aristocratic travelers from across Europe visited the site. The spa community achieved prominence on August 27, 1786 when the world's first academic scientific congress was held here. The congress was attended by notable intellectuals, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The current spa complex dates from the early 1900s.[7]
The village lies at an altitude of 360 metres and covers an area of 10.913 km². It has a population of 449 people (as of 2006). The village lies in the Štiavnica Mountains, about halfway between Žiar nad Hronom and Banská Štiavnica.