Štítnik

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

Web links

Commons : Štítnik - collection of pictures, videos and audio files