Pohorelá

History

A long distance road between the Spiš and Horehronie regions has passed through the Hron valley since antiquity. A rare archaeological finding of a barbarian hoard from the Early Iron Age (Balas 1960,70) was found within the town limits - probably an excavation of the Puchov culture. The Horehronie region, along with the rest of what was to become modern Slovakia, became a part of the Kingdom of Hungary around 1000 AD. The village was founded at the beginning of the seventeenth century under the Vlach law, on the estate lands of Muráň Castle. The oldest written mention of the village dates back to 1612. The indigenous people of the region engaged in shepherding and forestry. In the eighteenth century, iron ore mines were opened and the ironworks were built. The construction of houses for workers of the Pohorelá ironworks established the current neighboring settlement of Pohorelská Maša. In about 1830, ownership of the ironworks passed to Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the administration was moved to Pohorelá. After extensive modernization, the Pohorelá complex became the most important iron producer in what was then the Hungarian county of Gömör és Kishont. By 1844, the industrial complex along the Hron River consisted of 2 smelters, 15 forges, 3 sheet rolling mills, and 2 iron bar rolling mills. From 1867, the area was within the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a part of Gömör and Kishont County. The independence of Czechoslovakia was first announced in Pohorelá on about the 30th of October, 1918. Though a civic guard was formed, the village experienced some instability over the following first months of independence. The first elections for the National Assembly took place in April 1920, with the Slovak National Party winning the…

Geography

{{Slovak municipality/geo|724| On the left bank of the Hron, the Vepor Mountains rise steeply, forming a subrange of the Slovak Ore Mountains; the area is part of the Muránska Planina National Park. The entire right bank of the Hron is part of the protection zone of the Low Tatras National Park. Important geographical points in the vicinity of the village are Ždiar Saddle, Orlová Peak, Andrejcová Hill, Mašianske skalky nature reserve and the Pohorelá uplands. At the upper end of the village are mineral water springs.

Most-observed species

• Norway Spruce

  Picea abies (L.) H.Karst. · Pinopsida
  477
• Rowan

  Sorbus aucuparia L. · Magnoliopsida
  181
• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  166
• Sycamore [tree]

  Acer pseudoplatanus L. · Magnoliopsida
  143
• Bilberry

  Vaccinium myrtillus L. · Magnoliopsida
  115
• Raspberry

  Rubus idaeus L. · Magnoliopsida
  113
• Goat Willow

  Salix caprea L. · Magnoliopsida
  113
• Germander Speedwell

  Veronica chamaedrys L. · Magnoliopsida
  111

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2006-06-25
  10 km S of Bukowina Tatrza?ska, Poland
• M 2.6 — 2005-08-24
  6 km N of Ko?cielisko, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2005-06-02
  7 km S of Czarny Dunajec, Poland
• M 3.6 — 2005-01-29
  2 km NNE of Czarny Dunajec, Poland
• M 3 — 2005-01-23
  1 km SSW of Czarny Dunajec, Poland
• M 2.5 — 2004-12-13
  5 km SE of Czarny Dunajec, Poland