Horné Zahorany is a 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...

 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

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

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, the village was first mentioned in 1323 (1323 Hegmeg, 1336 Hegymegey, 1450 Thenethnek, 1609 Kyshegimegh, 1653 Tothegymeg). It belonged to family Balogy up to the 15th century, and in the 16th century to Derencsényi. In 1566 it was pillaged by 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...

. Later, it belonged to landowners Padery and to Lukovištia

Lukovištia

Lukovištia 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...

village.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/horne%20zahorany/horne-zahorany.html