Gemer (place)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Revúca | ||
| Region : | Gemer | ||
| Area : | 17.973 km² | ||
| Residents : | 898 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 50 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 181 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 982 61 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 58 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 27 ′ N , 20 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | RA | ||
| Kód obce : | 514721 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Zoltán Jankóšik | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Gemer 274 982 01 Tornaľa |
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| Website: | www.obecgemer.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Gemer (Hungarian Sajógömör - until the end of the 18th century without the name addition Gömör ) is a smaller community in Okres Revúca in central Slovakia .
It is located four kilometers north of Tornaľa in the large Juhoslovenská kotlina ( South Slovakian basin ) on the right bank of the Slaná River ( Sajó in Hungarian ).
The place was founded in the 12th century as a settlement at the foot of the castle of the same name (German also Gemersburg ) and is mentioned for the first time in 1198 as Gumur . The castle was rebuilt and strengthened after the Mongol invasion (1241). In the 14th century the place became the seat of the county of the same name and kept this status until the 18th century. In the 15th century Gemer was elevated to a market town. The castle was conquered by the Hussites in the 15th century before being finally destroyed in the 16th century during the Turkish Wars .
Until 1918/1920 the place was part of the Gemer and Kleinhont counties in the Kingdom of Hungary and then became part of Czechoslovakia . 1938–1945 he became part of Hungary again as a result of the First Vienna Arbitration .
In the village there is a neo-Gothic church from 1882, which replaced the earlier Protestant church (1510) and a late baroque country palace from the 18th century.
The population consists largely of a Hungarian-speaking majority (83.09%) and a Slovak minority (11.48%), there are also some Roma (5.19%) (2001 census).
