Villages and Municipalities in Banska Bystrica District - Pania Dolina, Slovenska Up A, Badin, Donovaly, Ubietova, Brusno, Stare Hory (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: pania Dolina, Slovenska up a, Badin, Donovaly, ubietova, Brusno, Stare Hory, Hronsek, Tajov, Horna Mi ina, Dolny Harmanec, erin, Bala e, Lu atin, Dolna Mi ina, Dubravica, Kordiky, Rie ka, Banska Bystrica District, Nemce, Pohronsky Bukovec, Sebedin-Be ov, Hrocho, Selce, Banska Bystrica District, Kynce ova, Poniky, Turecka, Hiade, Povraznik, Kraliky, Priechod, Medzibrod, Malachov, Mo tenica, Podkonice, Vlkanova, Strelniky, Oravce, Mol a, Moty ky, Horne Pr any. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: pania Dolina - The ancient Latin name of the village is Valis Dominorum (meaning "Lords Valley"). The first part of the Slovak name ("pania") is derived from another Latin word for "lord": spanatus. The second part ("Dolina") means "valley" in Slovak. The old German name of the village was Herrengrundt and it has been used for centuries by Carpathian Germans living in the area. The Hungarian name of the village is Urvolgy. Prehistoric mining tools excavated in the territory of pania Dolina have been dated from as early as 2000-1700 BC. Copper from pania Dolina has also been identified in bronze artifacts from the Balkans and the Middle East. It indicates that the local mines were part of an extensive network of trade routes during the Bronze Age. However, the first written reference to the village itself only appeared in 1254. Abundant deposits of copper and silver were exploited first by miners from Banska Bystrica and after 1494 by one of the first multinational corporations, founded by the affluent Fugger and Thurzo families. The rich region attracted many foreign visitors. The House of Fugger funded a laboratory of the famous alchemist Paracelsus there. The prominent French thinker Montesquieu visited and described the copper mines in pania Dolina u...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=6100095