Štiavnické Bane

Štiavnické Bane (Hungarian: Hegybánya) is a village in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

Štiavnické Bane Hegybánya
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Coordinates: 48.44°N 18.87°E / 48.44; 18.87
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Banská Štiavnica District
First mentioned	1559
Area [1]
• Total	10.16 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	824
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	969 81[2]
Area code	+421 45[2]
Car plate	BS
Website	www.obecstiavnickebane.sk

Name

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.

Famous people

Štiavnické Bane was the birthplace of the 18th century astronomer Maximilian Hell and the World War II fascist politician Vojtech Tuka, who was hanged by Czechoslovakia for his wartime crimes.