Badan
Encyclopedia
Baďan is a village and municipality
in Banská Štiavnica District
, in the Banská Bystrica Region
of Slovakia
.
, the village
was first mentioned in 1262. Originally it belonged to the Archbishopric of Esztergom
, but King Bela
IV gave the village to Bzovík
Castle.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Banská Štiavnica District
Banská Štiavnica District
Banská Štiavnica District is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the present-day district belonged to the Hungarian county of Hont, apart from Močiar and Podhorie in the north and Kozelník in the east .-Municipalities:*Baďan*Banská Belá*Banská...
, in the Banská Bystrica Region
Banská Bystrica Region
The Banská Bystrica Region is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe.-Geography:It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km². The region is prevailingly mountains, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras...
of Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
.
History
In historical recordsHistory
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, the village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
was first mentioned in 1262. Originally it belonged to the Archbishopric of Esztergom
Esztergom
Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....
, but King Bela
Bela
Bela may refer to:Trick-taking card games* Klaberjass, popular in Jewish communities* Belot, popular in CroatiaPlaces* Bela, on the banks of river Satluj, district Rupar, Punjab, India*Bela, Ajdovščina, Slovenia*Bela, Kamnik, Slovenia*Bela, Nepal...
IV gave the village to Bzovík
Bzovík
Bzovík is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-History:In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1135 when the noble Lampert of Hunt-Poznan founded a Cistercian abbey here. In 1433 Bzovík was destroyed by Hussites and in...
Castle.
External links
- http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/badan/badan.html