Banská Bystrica Region
Banská Štiavnica District
Banská Štiavnica

Banská Štiavnica

Banská Štiavnica 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.
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  • Type: Town with 9,630 residents
  • Description: town in Slovakia
  • Also known as: “Banská Štiavnica a Banská Belá”, “Schemnitz”, and “Selmeczbánya”
  • Neighbors:

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 Banská Štiavnica, . 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
Photo: Luppus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banská Belá and Štiavnické Bane.

Village
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is a village and municipality in the , in the of central . It has a population of 1,234.

Village
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is a in the , in the of .

Village
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is a village and municipality in , in the of . In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1266 as Ecclesia Sancti Egidii. is situated 4½ km south of Banská Štiavnica.

Banská Štiavnica

Latitude
48.4581° or 48° 27′ 29″ north
Longitude
18.8988° or 18° 53′ 56″ east
Population
9,630
Elevation
522 metres (1,713 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SK SZN
Open location code
8FWWFV5X+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26036174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3061184
Wiki­data ID
Q208110
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Banská Štiavnica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بانسكا شتيفنيتسا”
  • Aragonese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Armenian: “Բանսկա Շտյավնիցա”
  • Asturian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Azerbaijani: “Banska Ştyavnisa”
  • Basque: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Belarusian: “Банска Шт’яўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Банска Шцьяўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Банска-Шцьяўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Банская Шцьяўніца”
  • Belarusian: “Баньска Шт’яўніца”
  • Bosnian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Bulgarian: “Банска Щявница”
  • Catalan: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Cebuano: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Chinese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Chinese: “班斯卡-什佳夫尼察”
  • Chinese: “班斯卡什佳夫尼察”
  • Croatian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Czech: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Czech: “Schemnitz”
  • Czech: “Selmecbánya”
  • Danish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Danish: “Schemnitz”
  • Danish: “Selmecbánya”
  • Dutch: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • Dutch: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بانسكا شتيفنيتسا”
  • Esperanto: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • Esperanto: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Esperanto: “Selmecbánya”
  • Estonian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Finnish: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • Finnish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Finnish: “Schemnitz”
  • French: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • French: “Banska Štiavnica”
  • French: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • French: “Schemnitz”
  • French: “Selmecbanya”
  • French: “Selmecbánya”
  • Georgian: “ბანსკა-შტიავნიცა”
  • German: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • German: “Banská Stiavnica”
  • German: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • German: “Schebnitz”
  • German: “Schemnitz”
  • German: “Selmecbánya”
  • Greek: “Μπάνσκα Στιάβνιτσα”
  • Hebrew: “באנסקה שטיאווניצה”
  • Hindi: “बेन्स्का स्टायवेनिका”
  • Hungarian: “Selmecbánya”
  • Irish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Italian: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • Italian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Japanese: “シェムニッツ”
  • Japanese: “シェルメツバーニャ”
  • Japanese: “バンスカー・シュチャヴニツァ”
  • Japanese: “バンスカー・シュティアヴニツァ”
  • Korean: “반스카 슈티아프니차”
  • Korean: “반스카슈티아브니차”
  • Latvian: “Banska Štjavnica”
  • Limburgan: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Lithuanian: “Banska Štiavnica”
  • Lombard: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Luxembourgish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Macedonian: “Банска Штјавница”
  • Malay: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Maltese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Moksha: “Банска Штьявница”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Norwegian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Persian: “بانسکا شتیاوینتسا”
  • Polish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Polish: “Bańska Szczawnica”
  • Portuguese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Portuguese: “Schemnitz”
  • Romanian: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • Romanian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Romanian: “Schemnitz”
  • Russian: “Банска Штьявница”
  • Russian: “Банска Штявница”
  • Russian: “Банска-Штьявница”
  • Rusyn: “Баньска Щавніця”
  • Scots: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Serbian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Serbian: “Banska Štjavnjica”
  • Serbian: “Банска Штјавњица”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Silesian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Slovak: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Slovak: “Schemnitz”
  • Slovak: “Selmecbánya”
  • Slovenian: “Banska Štiavnica”
  • Slovenian: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Spanish: “Banska stiavnica”
  • Spanish: “Banska Štiavnica”
  • Spanish: “Banská stiavnica”
  • Spanish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Swedish: “Banska Stiavnica”
  • Swedish: “Banska Štiavnica”
  • Swedish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Swedish: “Schemnitz”
  • Swedish: “Selmecbanya”
  • Swedish: “Selmecbánya”
  • Tatar: “Банска-Штьявнитса”
  • Turkish: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Turkish: “Şelmeç Banya”
  • Ukrainian: “Банська Штявниця”
  • Vietnamese: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Volapük: “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Banská Štiavnica”
  • Welsh: “Banská Štiavnica”

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