Modri-Kamen [1] ( Slovak. Modrý Kameň , Hungarian. Kékkő ; translated as “blue stone”) is a town in central Slovakia near Velki Krtish , one of the smallest cities in Slovakia . Only 1,434 people live in Modri Stone.
| Modri Stone | |||
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| Modrý Kameň | |||
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| A country |  Slovakia | ||
| Edge | Bansko Bystrica Region | ||
| Area | Velky Krtish | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| First mention | |||
| Square | 19.6 km² | ||
| Center height | 240 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 1,434 people ( 2002 ) | ||
| Density | 73 people / km² | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | 0 47 | ||
| Postcode | 992 01 | ||
| Car code | VK | ||
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History
The first written mention of the place dates back to the end of the 13th century (1278 or 1290). Here was the castle and manor of the Balassa clan, which in 1290 had to recapture its castle from the clan of the Junta Pazmanov (Hont-Pázmány). From 1575 or 76 to 1593, Modri-Kamen was under Turkish rule, in 1593 the Turks blew up the castle (rebuilt in 1609-12 by Sigismund Balassa). [2] The male line of the Balassa clan stopped in 1899 and the castle became the property of the Almásy clan, which sold the property to the Czechoslovak state in 1923 (the last owner was Gabriela Almášiová).
Modri Stone received the status of a city in 1969.
Links
The official page of the history of the city on the site www.modrykamen.sk.
Literature
- NOVOHRAD DEJINY - regional local history monograph, compiled by Július Alberty, Ján Sloboda, 1989
- Ľudovít Janota Slovenské hrady , 1973
- Vladimír Siváček Obraz Bolestnej Matky Božej v Modrom Kameni , 2004
Notes
- ↑ Modri-Stone // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 233.
- ↑ Janota, Louis, Horvath Paul Modri-Stone // Slovak castles. Bratislava: Tatran, 1974, p. 213.