Hiadeľ

Hiadeľ (German Hedel or Hödlergrund , Hungarian Hédel - until 1888 Hjádel ) is a municipality in the center of Slovakia with 525 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and belongs to the Okres Banská Bystrica , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj .

geography

The village is located in the valley of the Vážna brook , which belongs to the catchment area of the Hron and, up to the Hiadeľské sedlo 1099 m nm, forms the border between the Starohorské vrchy mountains west of the brook and the Low Tatras east of it. The almost 16.6 km² large municipality is elongated in a north-south direction and the height varies from 430 m nm at the lower end to 1652 m nm on the Prašivá mountain in the Low Tatras. Around 90% are covered by mixed and spruce forests. The center of the village lies at an altitude of 490 m nm and is 20 kilometers from Banská Bystrica .

history

The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1424 as Hedel , was probably built in the second half of the 14th century and belonged to the estate of Liptsch Castle . In the late Middle Ages there was a silver mine near the village, after the supplies were exhausted, forestry was the main source of income until the 19th century, supported by agriculture and sheep breeding. In 1828 there were 77 houses and 584 inhabitants. At the beginning of the 19th century an iron ore mine worked near the place, but residents often emigrated to work in the surrounding counties, e.g. B. Gemer and Perch .

Until 1918 the place in Sohl County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or today Slovakia. During the Slovak National Uprising , the partisans were supported by the local population, so that at least 60 people were shot during the reprisals by the Wehrmacht in November 1944.

population

According to the 2011 census, Hiadeľ had 522 inhabitants, including 497 Slovaks, two Czechs and one Jew; one resident was of a different ethnicity. 21 residents gave no answer. 428 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 13 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, three residents to the Greek Catholic Church, two residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church and one resident each to the Orthodox Church and one to the Baha'itum; one resident was of a different denomination. 39 inhabitants were without a denomination and the denomination of 34 inhabitants has not been determined.

Results after the 2001 census (559 inhabitants):

By ethnicity: