Detvianska Huta
Encyclopedia
Detvianska Huta is a village and municipality
in Detva District
, in the Banská Bystrica Region
of central Slovakia
.
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 Detva District
Detva District
Detva District is a district of the Banská Bystrica Region in central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the area belonged to the Zvolen county, apart from Látky, Podkriváň and Horný Tisovník in the south and east which formed part of the county of Nógrád....
, 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 central 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...
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History
It arose in the late 18th century by a merge of several villages and a glass works settlement (Detvianska Huta literally means "Detva (Glass) Works"), which had been founded by the noble Miklos Esterházy.External links
- http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/detvianskahuta/detvianska-huta.html