Štítnik
Štítnik | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Slovakia | |
Kraj : | Košický kraj | |
Okres : | Rožňava | |
Region : | Gemer | |
Area : | 34.544 km² | |
Residents : | 1,537 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 44 inhabitants per km² | |
Height : | 284 m nm | |
Postal code : | 049 32 | |
Telephone code : | 0 58 | |
Geographic location : | 48 ° 40 ′ N , 20 ° 22 ′ E | |
License plate : | RV | |
Kód obce : | 526312 | |
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Community type : | local community | |
Administration (as of November 2018) | ||
Mayor : | Ladislav Belányi | |
Address: | Obecný úrad Štítnik Nám. 1. mája 167 04932 Štítnik |
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Website: | www.stitnik.ocu.sk | |
Statistics information on statistics.sk |
Štítnik (until 1927 in Slovak Štitník ; German Schittnich , Hungarian Csetnek ) is a medium-sized municipality in eastern Slovakia .
geography
The municipality is located in the Slovak Karst , a part of the Slovak Ore Mountains , in the valley of the river of the same name . The place is at the crossroads of various national roads, so there are connections to Rožňava (14 km to the east), Plešivec (14 km to the south) and Jelšava (16 km to the west).
According to the 2001 census, there were 1523 inhabitants, 92% of whom were Slovaks, 5% Roma, 1.6% Hungarians and 1% Czech.
history
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1243 as Chitnek , but was already settled in the 12th century, the community was founded by German miners. Thanks to its location, ore mining and a hammer forge, the place became a market town in 1320 and eight years later it received the town charter of Karpfen . The Bebek family had a water castle built in the village at the beginning of the 15th century. The growth ended with the plague in 1555 and Turkish invasions in the 16th and 17th centuries, the German-speaking inhabitants were Slovakized, and the city register was kept in German until 1623. The patch was then devastated again by the plague in 1709–1710 , but ore mining was continued and only closed in 1955.
The Csetnek lace is named after the place - a technique of crocheting lace that was invented in 1905 by the local Szontágh siblings.
Until 1918 the place in Gemer and Kleinhont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia .
The name is said to have its origin either in the name of the squire ( štítnik ) or the charcoal kiln ( vulgo sczyty ).
Attractions
- Gothic Protestant church from the 14th century (see picture)
- Baroque Roman Catholic Church from 1753
- Plague column
- baroque curia
- Remains of the moated castle (see history)
- Emigration points in the Slovak Karst, e.g. B. Ochtinaer aragonite cave west of the municipality
Personalities
- Viktor Madarász (1830–1917), Hungarian painter
- Ctibor Štítnický (1922–2002), Slovak poet