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Pukanec
Nitravillage
Pukanec
Total population
2,032
Founded
1075
Demographic figures from Statistical Office of Slovakia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Pukanec is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of southern Slovakia.
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History
In the past, it was one of the nine free royal mining towns, where silver and other precious ore was mined. In historical records Pukanec was first mentioned in 1075 under the name villa Baka, a location in the region of today's Pukanec and Devičany. This note describes the borders of ownership of land given by the Hungarian King to the Monastery in Hronský Beňadik. Outside these borders there was a land of miners. And in this document there is only one "villa Baka" mentioned, which means that there was only one Baka - with Slovak inhabitants. Afterwards in later notes from the 11th and 12th centuries AD Nemeth and Toth Baka are mentioned as two separate settlements. The Toth Baka - the Slovak one, is older. And as far as is known the first German colonist arrived in the 12th century AD, which means that the mention from the year 1075 is a mention of Toth Baka, which is today's Devičany. As far as we know, the Nemeth Baka - the German one ("Nemeth" is a Hungarian word referring to Germans), was established later by Schwabian Germans. Today's Pukanec is descended from the German Baka. Lacking of records to put this to discussion, perhaps future systematic archaeological excavations will reveal the truth. The name Pukanec comes from Bukan which was the exclusive name of the grand noble family of Hont-Pázmány, the first known owner of Baka [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517052941/http://vvv.juls.savba.sk/ks/2005/2/ks2005-2.txt]. In 1270 the first written mention about silver ore is made. In 1323, King Charles I of Hungary granted town rights to Pukanec. Just 22 years later, it became a free royal mining town. In 1405. King Sigismund declared a free mining enterprise and ordered to build fortifications. From 1424 until 1548, along with other mining towns it was…
Geography
It is located near the Štiavnica Mountains, in the Sikenica river valley. It is located around 18 km northeast of Levice.
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Nearby places in Nitra
- Bohunice1.9 mi away · pop. 147
- Devičany2.2 mi away · pop. 393
- Uhliská3.7 mi away · pop. 213
- Jabloňovce3.9 mi away · pop. 200
- Bátovce4.3 mi away · pop. 1,101
- Pečenice4.4 mi away · pop. 122
- Drženice4.6 mi away · pop. 408
- Nová Dedina5.9 mi away · pop. 1,540
- Žemberovce6.6 mi away · pop. 1,230
- Čajkov7.1 mi away · pop. 1,016
- Hronské Kosihy8.4 mi away · pop. 704
- Rybník8.5 mi away · pop. 1,379
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