Central Europe
Slovakia
Banská Bystrica Region

Banská Štiavnica District

Banská Štiavnica District is a district in the of central . Until 1920, most of the present-day district belonged to the county of Kingdom of Hungary of , apart from and in the north and in the east.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include New castle and St. Catherine’s Church, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia.

Museum
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Nový zámok is a castle in , . The castle is located on a hill south of the city center at an altitude of 630m above sealevel, marking the highest point of the city center.

Church
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St. Catherine's Church is a Late Gothic church in the town in Banska Stiavnica, . It is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The construction is dated between years 1488 and 1491 and the church was consecrated in 1500.

Synagogue
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banská Štiavnica and Banská Belá.

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is a town in central , in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains.

Village
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is a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the of central . It has a population of 1,234. is situated 3½ km northeast of Banská Štiavnica District.

Village
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is a in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the of .

Banská Štiavnica District

Latitude
48.4496° or 48° 26′ 59″ north
Longitude
18.9082° or 18° 54′ 30″ east
Population
16,200
Elevation
526 metres (1,726 feet)
Abbreviation
“BS”
Open location code
8FWWCWX5+R7
Geo­Names ID
8986281
Wiki­data ID
Q836179
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Banská Štiavnica District” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Banská Štiavnica barrutia”
  • Basque: “Banská Štiavnicako barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Банска Шт’яўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Банска Шцьяўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Банска-Шцьяўніца (раён)”
  • Belarusian: “Банска-Шцьяўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Банская Шцьяўніца”
  • Belarusian: “раён Банска-Шцьяўніца”
  • Bulgarian: “Банска Щявница”
  • Catalan: “districte de Banská Štiavnica”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Banská Štiavnica”
  • Cebuano: “Okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Chinese: “Banská Štiavnica Koān”
  • Chinese: “班斯卡-什佳夫尼察區”
  • Chuvash: “Банска Штьявница районĕ”
  • Croatian: “Okrug Banská Štiavnica”
  • Czech: “okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Czech: “Okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Danish: “Banská Štiavnica (distrikt)”
  • Danish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Dutch: “Okres Banska Stiavnica”
  • Dutch: “Okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Banska Ŝtiavnica”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Banská Štiavnica”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Banská Štiavnica”
  • Estonian: “Banská Štiavnica ringkond”
  • Finnish: “Banská Štiavnica (piiri)”
  • Finnish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • French: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • French: “district de Banská Štiavnica”
  • French: “District de Banská Štiavnica”
  • Georgian: “ბანსკა-შტიავნიცის რაიონი”
  • German: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • German: “Okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Hungarian: “Selmecbányai járás”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Banská Štiavnica”
  • Italian: “distretto di Banska Stiavnica”
  • Italian: “distretto di Banská Štiavnica”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Banská Štiavnica”
  • Japanese: “バンスカー・シュチアウニツァ郡”
  • Korean: “반스카슈티아브니차구”
  • Latin: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Latvian: “Banska Štjavnicas apriņķis”
  • Lombard: “Distret de Banská Štiavnica”
  • Malay: “Daerah Banská Štiavnica”
  • Maltese: “Distrett ta‘ Banská Štiavnica”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Banská Štiavnica Koān”
  • Polish: “Okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Polish: “Powiat Banska Szczawnica”
  • Polish: “Powiat Bańska Szczawnica”
  • Portuguese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Romanian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Banská Štiavnica”
  • Russian: “Банска Штьявница”
  • Russian: “Банска-Штьявница”
  • Russian: “Район Банска Штьявница”
  • Rusyn: “Окрес Банска Штявніца”
  • Serbian: “Округ Банска Штјавњица”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Banska Štjavnjica”
  • Slovak: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Slovak: “okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Slovak: “Okres Banská Štiavnica”
  • Spanish: “distrito de Banska Stiavnica”
  • Spanish: “distrito de Banska Štiavnica”
  • Spanish: “distrito de Banská Štiavnica”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Banská Štiavnica”
  • Turkish: “Banská Štiavnica ili”
  • Turkish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Ukrainian: “Банська Штявниця”
  • Vietnamese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Banská Štiavnica”

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