Hron
The Hron is a 271-kilometre long left tributary of the Danube and the second-longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source in the Low Tatra Mountains through central and southern Slovakia, emptying into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Primatial Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed Into Heaven and St Adalbert and Mária Valéria Bridge.
Primatial Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed Into Heaven and St Adalbert
Church
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The Primatial Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Adalbert, also known as the Basilica of Esztergom, is an ecclesiastic basilica in Esztergom, Hungary, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, and the seat of the Catholic Church in Hungary.
Mária Valéria Bridge
Bridge
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The Mária Valéria Bridge joins Esztergom in Hungary and Štúrovo in Slovakia, across the River Danube. The bridge is some 500 metres in length. It is named after Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, the fourth child of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz Josef and Elisabeth. Mária Valéria Bridge is situated 2½ km south of Hron.
Christian Museum
Museum
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The Christian Museum is the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary; it conserves European and Hungarian works of art from the period between the 13th and 19th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamenica nad Hronom and Štúrovo.
Kamenica nad Hronom
Village
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Kamenica nad Hronom is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
Štúrovo
Town
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Štúrovo is the southernmost town of Slovakia, situated on the river Danube not far from the mouth of the Hron. Connected by the Mária Valéria Bridge it forms a cross-border urban area with the city of Esztergom in Hungary. Štúrovo is situated 3 km southwest of Hron.
Nána
Village
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Nána is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia, near the border with Hungary. Nána is situated 3 km west of Hron.
Hron
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Slovakia
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hron” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر هرون”
- Arabic: “نهر هورن”
- Armenian: “Հրոն”
- Asturian: “Ríu Hron”
- Azerbaijani: “Qron çayı”
- Basque: “Hron”
- Belarusian: “Грон”
- Belarusian: “Рака Грон”
- Bosnian: “Hron”
- Bulgarian: “Хрон”
- Catalan: “Hron”
- Cebuano: “Hron”
- Chinese: “赫龍河”
- Chinese: “赫龙河”
- Croatian: “Hron”
- Czech: “Hron”
- Danish: “Hron”
- Dutch: “Hron”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هرون”
- Esperanto: “Garam”
- Esperanto: “Hron”
- Estonian: “Hron”
- Estonian: “Hroni jõgi”
- French: “Hron”
- Georgian: “ჰრონი”
- German: “Gran”
- German: “Hron”
- Greek: “Γράνος”
- Greek: “Χρον”
- Hebrew: “הרון”
- Hebrew: “חרון”
- Hungarian: “Garam”
- Irish: “Hron”
- Italian: “Fiume Hron”
- Italian: “Hron”
- Japanese: “フロン川”
- Korean: “흐론강”
- Ladin: “Hron”
- Latvian: “Hrona”
- Limburgan: “Hron”
- Lithuanian: “Hronas”
- Mingrelian: “ჰრონი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hron”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Garam”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Granus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hron”
- Norwegian: “Hron”
- Persian: “رودخانه هرون”
- Polish: “Hron”
- Portuguese: “Hron”
- Portuguese: “Rio Hron”
- Romanian: “Hron”
- Romanian: “Râul Hron”
- Russian: “Грон”
- Rusyn: “Грон”
- Serbian: “Hron”
- Serbian: “Река Хрон”
- Serbian: “Хрон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hron”
- Slovak: “Hron”
- Slovenian: “Gran”
- Slovenian: “Hron”
- Spanish: “Hron”
- Spanish: “Rio Hron”
- Spanish: “Río Hron”
- Swedish: “Hron”
- Ukrainian: “Грон (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Грон”
- Upper Sorbian: “Hron”
- Venetian: “Fiume Hron”
- Western Panjabi: “ہرون”
- “Hron”
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