Štiavnické Bane
| Štiavnické Bane | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Banská Štiavnica | ||
| Region : | Pohrony | ||
| Area : | 22.605 km² | ||
| Residents : | 820 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 36 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 750 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 969 81 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 45 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 26 ' N , 18 ° 52' E | ||
| License plate : | BS | ||
| Kód obce : | 517283 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Stanislav Neuschl | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Štiavnické Bane 1 96981 Štiavnické Bane |
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| Website: | www.stiavnickebane.ocu.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Štiavnické Bane (until 1948 in Slovak "Piarg"; German Siegelsberg , Hungarian Hegybánya - until 1892 Pjerg / Pierg ) is a municipality in Kraj Banská Bystrica in central Slovakia . It is located in the Schemnitz Mountains , about 5 km from Banská Štiavnica .
The place was first mentioned in 1352 as Sygluspergh . There is a Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph from 1734 and a chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in the village. In the area there are reservoirs built in the 18th century - the so-called tajchy (Sing. Tajch ; German pond). There are six tajchy in the municipality . In 1948 the place was renamed from the "German" sounding name Piarg to the "Slovakian" name Štiavnické Bane .
Culture
Personalities
- Sándor Jávorka (1883–1961), Hungarian botanist and Kossuth Prize winner
- Vojtech Tuka (1880–1946), Slovak politician and Prime Minister