Horné Hámre
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Žarnovica | ||
| Region : | Pohrony | ||
| Area : | 19.673 km² | ||
| Residents : | 660 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 34 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 272 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 966 71 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 45 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 30 ′ N , 18 ° 40 ′ E | ||
| License plate : | ZC | ||
| Kód obce : | 516805 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Milan Mokry | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Horné Hámre č. 45 966 71 Horné Hámre |
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| Website: | www.hornehamre.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Horné Hámre (until 1948 Slovak "Horné Hámry"; German Oberhammer , Hungarian Felsőhámor ) is a municipality in central Slovakia with 660 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to the Okres Žarnovica , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj .
geography
The village is located between the Pohronský Inovec and Vtáčnik mountains in the valley of the Kľak river , at the confluence with the Pílanský creek . The center of the village is located at an altitude of 272 m nm and is three kilometers from Žarnovica and 13 kilometers from Nová Baňa .
Neighboring municipalities are Hrabičov in the north, Žarnovica in the east, Nová Baňa in the south, Malá Lehota in the west and Župkov in the northwest.
history
Horné Hámre was first mentioned in writing as Hamor in 1391 , at that time as part of the territory of the Revište Castle . By the end of the 15th century the village had 55 taxed houses; the inhabitants were originally lumberjacks and charcoal burners, later miners and, in particular, processors of the ores extracted in the surrounding, then Lower Hungarian mining towns. After the Dóczy family died out in the 17th century, the place was under the administration of the Schemnitzer Bergkammer.
In 1601 there were a mill and 68 houses in the village, in 1720 the village had four mills and 43 taxpayers, in 1828 there were 83 houses and 569 inhabitants.
Until 1918, the place in Persch County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia.
population
According to the 2011 census, Horné Hámre had 633 inhabitants, 611 of whom were Slovaks and 3 Magyars . 17 residents did not provide any information on ethnicity .
540 residents supported the Roman Catholic Church, 56 residents were non-denominational and 37 residents had no denomination.
Buildings
- Roman Catholic Martinskirche in baroque style from 1671, rebuilt in 1734
- Chapel of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes from 1896
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)