Budikovany is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 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 southern Slovakia

Slovakia

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Part of the historic Gömör-Kishont

Gömör-Kishont

Gömör-Kishont is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimaszombat...

 region of the Kingdom of Hungary.

History

In historical records

History

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 the village already existed before the Mongol devastations (1241/42) as a holding of name "Both" (sometimes spelled "Bogy" or "Bud") Bot ou Both (famille) in 1285. The village itself was first mentioned in 1301, the name Budik (meaning "awaken") is a slavic name given during the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

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 period. It is transliterated Bugyik in Hungarian but has also been transcribed, Bvdik, Bwgyk, Bodik by Latin scribes. It was destroyed by the Turks in the 16th century. It at various times belonged to clan Balogh

Balogh

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, Széchy

Széchy

-Name and origin:Széchy family was a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary with notable members in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.The members of the Széchy family held high offices at the church and the royal court....

, Koháry

Kohary

Koháry was an ancient Hungarian noble family with seats at Csábrág and Szitnya, now Čabraď and Sitno Castle within Slovakia. The Kohárys belonged among the magnates of Hungary.-Prince Koháry:...

 and Uzov Lords and in the 18th century to the Muráň

Murán Castle

Muráň Castle , is a ruin of a medieval castle situated above the village of Muráň, in the Muránska planina National Park in Slovakia. The castle is noteworthy for its unusually high altitude of 935 m. It also figures in several romantic legends about its remarkable owners. Muráň Castle was built in...

 dominium. The town is situated on the north-east shore of Teplý Vrch

Teplý Vrch

Teplý Vrch is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.Written source has it named "Malaah" in 1285 although it existed before the Mongol invasions in 1240. In 1301- it is named "Melechdyhegy" then in 1460- ...

 (warm hill) lake where the Blh (rieka) (Hungarian: Balogh River) and Drienok Creek meet.
It is situated near the ruins of 3 medieval castles. Drieňok (hrad), Drienčany

Driencany

Drienčany is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.-History:In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1291 , when here the local feudatory family Derencsény ruled. Derencsény built here their castle, today...

/Derencsény, and Blh (hrad). A little further is another ruin Balogrussó shown below .

Today is a small farming village & popular place for visitors and outdoors enthusiasts.

External links

• http://www.arcanum.hu/mol/lpext.dll/wenzel/1/d5f/ed3?fn=document-frame.htm&f=templates&2.0
• http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sk&u=http://barlog.blog.sme.sk/c/109712/Driencanskym-krasom.html
• http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugyikfala
• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://svinica.ou.sk/budikovany-o4-uvod.html
• http://www.tourist-channel.sk/budikovany
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/budikovany/budikovany.html