Rimavská Baňa (Hungarian: Rimabánya) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. The name of the village means Mine of the Rimava region and is a commemoration of the mining history of the region. Although mining is for some centuries not present, the village is a home to one of the nicest decorated church in the region. Protestant church from the 13th century was several times rebuilt, in its present form it has baroque features. It contains Gothic wall paintings, painted wooden matroneum from 1726 and painted wooden ceiling.

Rimavská Baňa
Village
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Coordinates: 48°30′N 19°56′E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Rimavská Sobota
First mentioned	1334
Area
• Total	26.21[1] km2 (10.12[1] sq mi)
Elevation	256[2] m (840[2] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	529[3]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	980 53[2]
Area code	+421 47[2]
Car plate	RS
Website	www.obecrimavskabana.sk

The village is a birthplace of Juraj Palkovič, Slovak politician, professor and teacher od Ľudovít Štúr.

References

External links

• Media related to Rimavská Baňa at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-pohl-vek.pdf
• Rimavská Baňa at e-obce.sk
• Information about evangelical church

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