Dolné Zahorany
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Dolné Zahorany is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District
Rimavská Sobota District
Rimavská Sobota District is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian county of Gemer a Malohont, apart from Konrádovce in the south-west which was part of the county of...

 of 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 records
History
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 1341 (1341 Hegmuky, Hegmeg, 1427 Hegymeg). Originally, it was situated between Padarovce
Padarovce
Padarovce is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...

 and Lukovištie. In 1566 it was completely destroyed by the Turks
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

and later rebuilt at the current location.

External links

  • http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
  • http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnezahorany/dolne-zahorany.html
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