Drienčany 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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.

History

In historical records

History

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, the village was first mentioned in 1291 (Drenchen), when here the local feudatory family Derencsény (clan Balogh

Balogh

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) ruled. Derencsény built here their castle, today disappeared. In the 15th century the village was conquered by the Bohemian

Bohemian

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 John Jiskra

John Jiskra

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, and in 1451  by the Transylvanian János Hunyady. After it belonged to Blh castle. It was devastated by Turks

Ottoman Empire

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in the 16th century.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/driencany/driencany.html
• http://www.driencany.sk/
• http://www.tourist-channel.sk/driencany/