Štiavnické Bane (Hungarian: Hegybánya) is a village in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
Štiavnické Bane | |
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Village | |
![]() Štiavnické Bane in 1906 | |
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Coordinates: 48°26′21″N 18°52′12″E | |
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Region | Banská Bystrica |
District | Banská Štiavnica |
First mentioned | 1352 |
Area | |
• Total | 10.15[1] km2 (3.92[1] sq mi) |
Elevation | 670[2] m (2,200[2] ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 816[3] |
Population by ethnicity (2011) | |
• Slovak | 93.2% |
• Czech | 0.3% |
• Hungarian | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.1% |
• Unreported | 6.3% |
Population by religion (2011) | |
• Roman Catholic | 75.1% |
• Lutheran | 2.8% |
• Jehovah's Witness | 0.5% |
• Other | 0.4% |
• Non-religious | 12.6% |
• Unreported | 8.6% |
Postal code | 969 81[2] |
Area code | +421 45[2] |
Car plate | BS |
Website | www.stiavnickebane.ocu.sk |
First, in 1352 it was recorded as Sygluspergh, then in 1388 as Pergh, in 1457 as Sigelsperg, in 1559 as Pergh, later as Szélakna, Windschacht and then until 1891 as Pjerg, after Hegybánya. Slovaks used Piarg until 1948, after Štiavnické Bane. Recently, Germans use the form Siegelsberg, while Hungarians use Hegybánya.
Štiavnické Bane was the birthplace of the 18th century astronomer Maximilian Hell and the controversial World War II politician Vojtech Tuka.
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