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Dobsina
Dobšiná
Dobsina
Hungarian:
Dobsina
Slovak:
Dobšiná
German:
Dobschau
Latin:
Dobsinium
Historical Hungarian county:
Gömör-Kishont
Country:
Slovakia
District:
Košický kraj
River:
Dobsina Brook
Altitude:
459 m
GPS coordinates:
48.820444, 20.365845
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Population
Population:
6k
Hungarian:
0.23%
Population in 1910
| Total | 5029 |
|---|---|
| Hungarian | 34.58% |
| German | 33.57% |
| Slovak | 29.89% |
The town surrounded by the Gömör-Szepes Ore Mountains was founded by Saxon miners in 1326. Gold, silver, nickel, later iron, copper, cobalt and mercury was mined in its neighborhood. In the 17th century Dobsina became a regional center of the iron industry, where arms were also manufactured. The first iron smelter of Hungary was also built here in 1680. The mines and forges were closed by the late 19th century. In 1919, the bust of Kossuth Lajos, the political leader of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence in 1848, was destroyed by the Czechoslovak army, which occupied the town mostly inhabited by Germans and Hungarians. In 1945 the invading Czechoslovak army deported the German and Hungarian inhabitants of the town. At the railway station of Prerov, Bohemia, drunken Czechoslovak soldiers brutally massacred 265 deported German and Hungarian civilians from Dobsina, who were waiting for their train to return home. The famous Dobsina Ice Cave discovered in 1870 can be found in its vicinity. The villa of one of the discoverers, Ruffinyi Jenő, is currently left abandoned in the town.
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895
Arrival of the Hungarians
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895
The alliance of the seven Hungarian tribes took possession of the then largely uninhabited Carpathian Basin. Until then, the sparse Slavic population of the north-western Carpathians had lived under Moravian rule for a few decades after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate in the early 9th century.
1000
Foundation of the Hungarian Kingdom
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1000
The Kingdom of Hungary was established with the coronation of King Stephen I. He converted the Hungarians to Christianity and created two archdioceses (Esztergom and Kalocsa) and ten dioceses. He divided Hungary into counties led by ispáns, who were appointed by the king.
1241-1242
Mongol Invasion
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1241-1242
The hordes of the Mongol Empire invaded Hungary and almost completely destroyed it. One third to one half of the population was destroyed. The Mongols also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Muhi and they could not hunt down the king. After their withdrawal, King Béla IV reorganized Hungary. He allowed the feudal lords to build stone castles because they were able to successfully resist the nomadic Mongols. The vast majority of stone castles were built after this. The king called in German, Vlach (Romanian) and Slavic settlers to replace the destroyed population.
1301
The extinction of the House of Árpád
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1301
The House of Árpád, the first Hungarian royal dynasty, died out with the death of King Andrew III. Hungary was ruled by oligarchs, the most powerful of whom was Csák Máté, whose main ally was the Aba family. King Charles I (1308-1342), supported by the Pope, eventually emerged as the most prominent of the contenders for the Hungarian throne. But it took decades to break the power of the oligarchs.
1326
Dobsina was founded by Saxon miners.
1417
King Sigismund of Hungary granted the settlement right to hold fairs.
from the 15th century
Dobsina belonged to the lordship of Csetnek, which was owned by the Bebek family. Gold, silver, nickel, later iron, copper, cobalt and mercury was mined in its proximity.
1526
Battle of Mohács and the splitting of Hungary into two parts
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1526
Sultan Suleiman I launched a war against Vienna, instigated by the French. Ferdinand I, Duke of Austria, was the brother-in-law of King Louis II of Hungary. The army of the Ottoman Empire defeated the much smaller Hungarian army at Mohács, and King Louis II died in the battle. A group of the barons elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the throne, who promised to defend Hungary from the Turks. He was the younger brother of the most powerful European monarch Emperor Charles V. But the nobility chose the most powerful Hungarian baron, Szapolyai János, who was also crowned as King John I. The country was split in two and a decades-long struggle for power began.
1541
The Turkish occupation of the capital, Buda, and the division of Hungary into three parts
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1541
The Turks conquered Buda, the capital of Hungary, after the death of King John I. The central part of the country was under Turkish rule for 150 years. The western and northern parts (including present-day Slovakia) formed the Kingdom of Hungary ruled by the Habsburg emperors. The eastern parts (now mainly under Romanian rule) were ruled by the successors of King John I of Hungary. In 1571, John II (John Sigismund), the son of King John I of Hungary, renounced the title of King of Hungary in favor of King Maximilian of the House of Habsburg, and henceforth held the title of Prince. This formally created the Principality of Transylvania, which was the eastern half of Hungary not ruled by the Habsburgs and was also a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. John II died in 1571, after which the three nations of Transylvania (the Hungarian nobility, the Székelys and the Saxons) elected the prince.
October 14, 1544
Turks attacked and burned Dobsina and its inhabitants were taken.
17th century
Dobsina became the center of the iron industry of the area. Arms were also manufactured in the town.
1680
The first iron smelter of Hungary was built in Dobsina.
1686
Recapture of Buda and the liberation of Hungary from the Turks
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1686
The army of the Holy League recaptured Buda from the Turks by siege. In 1687, the Imperial army invaded the Principality of Transylvania. The liberation was hindered by the French breaking their promise of peace in 1688 and attacking the Habsburg Empire. By 1699, when the Peace of Karlóca was signed, all of Hungary and Croatia had been liberated from the Ottoman Empire with the exception of Temesköz, the area bounded by the Maros, the Tisza and the Danube rivers. It was not until the Peace of Požarevac in 1718 that Temesköz was liberated from the Turks. However, the continuous war against the Turkish invaders and the Habsburg autocracy, which lasted for more than 150 years, wiped out large areas of the Hungarian population, which had previously made up 80% of the country's population, and was replaced by Vlachs (Romanians), Serbs and other Slavic settlers and Germans. The Habsburgs also favoured the settlement of these foreign peoples over the 'rebellious' Hungarians.
1703-1711
Hungarian War of Independence led by Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II
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1703-1711
After the expulsion of the Turks, the Habsburgs treated Hungary as a newly conquered province and did not respect its constitution. The serfs rose up against the Habsburg ruler because of the sufferings caused by the war and the heavy burdens, and they invited Rákóczi Ferenc II to lead them. Trusting in the help promised by King Louis XIV of France, he accepted. Rákóczi rallied the nobility to his side, and soon most of the country was under his control. The rebels were called the kurucs. In 1704, the French and the Bavarians were defeated at the Battle of Blenheim, depriving the Hungarians of their international allies. The Rusyn, Slovak and Vlach peasants and the Saxons of Szepes supported the fight for freedom, while the Serbs in the south and the Saxons in Transylvania served the Habsburgs. Due to lack of funds Rákóczi could not raise a strong regular army, and in 1710, Hungary was also hit by a severe plague. Rákóczi tried unsuccessfully to forge an alliance with Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. In his absence, without his knowledge, his commander-in-chief, Károlyi Sándor, accepted Emperor Joseph I's peace offer. The Peace of Szatmár formally restored the Hungarian constitution and religious freedom and granted amnesty, but did not ease the burden of serfdom. Rákóczi refused to accept the pardon and went into exile. He died in Rodosto, Turkey.
1723
It was relieved from paying tax to the feudal lord.
1756
Empress Maria Theresia granted Dobsina the status of free royal town.
1848-1849
Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence
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1848-1849
Following the news of the Paris Revolution on 22 February 1848, the Hungarian liberal opposition led by Kossuth Lajos demanded the abolition of serfdom, the abolition of the tax exemption of the nobility, a parliament elected by the people, and an independent and accountable national government. The revolution that broke out in Pest on 15 March expressed its demands in 12 points, which, in addition to the above mentioned, included the freedom of the press, equality before the law, the release of the political prisoners and the union with Transylvania. A Hungarian government was formed, Batthyány Lajos became prime minister, and on 11 April Emperor Ferdinand V ratified the reform laws. On August 31 the Emperor demanded the repeal of the laws threatening with military intervention. In September the Emperor unleashed the army of Jelacic, Ban of Croatia, on Hungary, but they were defeated by the Hungarians in the Battle of Pákozd on 29 September. An open war began for the independence of Hungary. The Habsburgs incited the nationalities against the Hungarians. The Rusyns, the Slovenes and most of the Slovaks and Germans supported the cause persistently, but the Vlachs (Romanians) and the Serbians turned against the Hungarians. The glorious Spring Campaign in 1849 led by General Görgei Artúr liberated almost all of Hungary. On 1 May 1849, Emperor Franz Joseph, effectively admitting defeat, asked for the help of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, who sent an intervention army of 200,000 soldiers against Hungary. The resistance became hopeless against the overwhelming enemy forces and on 13 August Görgei Artúr surrendered to the Russians at Világos. Bloody reprisals followed, and on 6 October 1849, 12 generals and a colonel of the Hungarian Revolution, the martyrs of Arad, were executed in Arad. On the same day, Batthyány Lajos, the first Hungarian Prime Minister, was executed by firing squad in Pest. The Habsburgs introduced total authoritarianism in Hungary, but they also failed to fulfil their promises to the nationalities that had betrayed the Hungarians.
1855
A great fire devastated the town.
1867
Austro-Hungarian Compromise
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1867
The Habsburg Empire was weakened by the defeats it suffered in the implementation of Italian and German unity. The Hungarians wanted to return to the reform laws of 1848, but they did not have the strength to do so. Emperor Franz Joseph and the Hungarian opposition, led by Deák Ferenc, finally agreed to restructure the Empire and abolish absolutism. Hungary was given autonomy in its internal affairs, with its own government and parliament, which was essential for the development of its economy and culture. However, foreign and military affairs remained in the hands of the Habsburgs and served their aspiration for becoming a great power. The majority wanted Hungary's independence, but they were excluded from political power.
late 19th century
The mines and the forges were closed.
1914-1918
World War I
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1914-1918
As part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Hungary took part in the war on the side of the Central Powers.
November 1918 - January 1919
The Czech, Romanian and Serbian occupation of Hungary
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November 1918 - January 1919
In Hungary, the freemasonic subversion brought the pro-Entente Károlyi Mihály to power. The new government, naively trusting the Entente powers, met all their demands and disbanded the Hungarian military, which rendered the country completely defenseless in the most dire need. Under French and Italian command, Czech, Romanian and Serbian troops invaded large parts of Hungary, where they immediately began the takeover. They fired Hungarian railway workers, officials and teachers, banned the use of the Hungarian language, abolished Hungarian education, and disposed of everything that reminded them of the country's Hungarian past. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians were forced to leave their homeland, and the forcible assimilation of the remaining Hungarians was begun.
4 June 1920
Trianon Dictate
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4 June 1920
Hungary was forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon, although the country was not invited to the peace talks. Hungary lost two thirds of its territory that had belonged to it for more than 1000 years. One-third of the Hungarian population came under foreign rule. On the basis of the national principle, countries with a more mixed and less ethnically balanced composition than the former Hungary were created, such as Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). For example, while 48% of the population of the territory ceded to Czechoslovakia was Slovak and 30% Hungarian, 54% of the population of the former Hungary was Hungarian and 10.6% Slovak. And in the territory that is now part of Serbia, the Hungarians outnumbered the Serbs. The part of the territory allocated to Romania from Hungary was larger than the remaining territory of Hungary, despite the fact that there were 10 million Hungarians and less than 3 million Romanians in the former Hungary. While Hungary used to have the most liberal nationality policy in Europe, the successor states had no respect at all for the national and cultural rights of the indigenous Hungarians and engaged in forced assimilation. The Trianon Dictate destroyed the organic economic unity of the region. Before the First World War, Hungary had a dynamic economy, more advanced than Spain's. After 1920, the successor states formed the so-called "Little Entente", putting Hungary under an economic blockade and sabotaging it on the international stage.
14 March 1939
First independent Slovakia was established
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14 March 1939
The first independent Slovakia was established under German patronage. Josef Tiso became president of the country. In 1938, Hungary regained 11,927 km2 of territory from Czechoslovakia under the First Vienna Award. Its population was 869 thousand people, 86.5% of whom were Hungarian. From the remaining territory that Hungary did not get back, Slovakia was formed.
Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
Soviet occupation
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Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
The Soviet Red Army occupied Hungary and Slovakia, which resulted in the recreation of Czechoslovakia.
5 April 1945
Beneš decrees and the persecution of Hungarians
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5 April 1945
In Hungarian-majority Kassa, the president of occupying Czechoslovakia, Edvard Beneš, promulgated his government program, the so-called Beneš decrees. As part of this, the Hungarian population was deprived of their rights. Their complete expulsion was planned, with the support of the Soviet Union, and only the veto of the USA prevented it. Under the 'Reslavakization' programme, only those Hungarians who recognised themselves as Slovaks were allowed to regain their rights, thus renouncing all linguistic and cultural rights. In the violent expulsions that followed, nearly 200,000 Hungarians were deprived of their property and expelled from their homeland on the basis of their nationality.
1945
The invading Czechoslovak soldiers deported the German and Hungarian inhabitants of the town at the end of Word War II.
June 18, 1945
At the railway station of Prerov, Bohemia, the drunk soldiers of the Czechoslovak army brutally massacred 265 deported German and Hungarian civilians from Dobsina, who were waiting for their train to return to their home town.
1 January 1993
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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1 January 1993
Czechoslovakia disintegrated due to ethnic differences between Czechs and Slovaks, shortly after the withdrawal of Soviet tanks. Slovakia was formed entirely from territory carved out of historic Hungary, and Slovak national identity is still largely based on falsified history and artificial hatred of Hungarians. Despite deportations, expulsions, forced assimilation and strong economic pressure, there are still nearly half a million Hungarians living in the country.
Source: Wikipedia, arcanum.hu - Bánlaky József: A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme
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Churches, religious buildings
St. Friancis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
Farský kostol sv. Františka Xaverského
Originally:
church
Currently:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
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St. Friancis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
History
The church was built in 1792 in Empire style.
Lutheran Church
Evanjelický kostol
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Originally:
church
Currently:
church
Church:
Lutheran
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Lutheran Church
History
The church was built around 1480 in Gothic style. It was modified in 1641 and in 1727. The church burned down completely in a great fire in 1855 and was rebuilt in 1891 in neo-Gothic style. It has a Renaissance plaque commemorating the raiding of the town by the Turks in 1544.
Ice Cave of Dobsina
History
It was discovered in 1870.
Public buildings
Town Hall
History
The town hall was built between 1868 and 1869 in neo-Renaissance style. A glass roof illuminates the central part of the building.
Cultural facilities
former Girl's School, Grammar School
Stredné Odborné Učilište Dobšiná - Sídlo Nižná Slaná
Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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school
Currently:
school
Note:
Grammar school.
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former Girl's School, Grammar School
History
The building was constructed in 1875 for the girl's school on the site of the former Lutheran lower grammar school.
Commerce, industry, hospitality
former Dancing and Concert Hall (Vigadó)
Dobšiná REDUTA
Originally:
inn/pub, dancing / concert hall
Currently:
abandoned
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former Dancing and Concert Hall (Vigadó)
History
The town's inn was built at the end of the 18th century. In the middle of the 19th century the burgher's house next to it was incorporated into the building, and a common staircase was built for them. Another house was added to the building in the middle of the 20th century.
Town infrastructure
Stone Bridge
History
The stone bridge was built over the Sajó River in the 18th century northeast of the main square.
Private buildings
Villa of Ruffinyi Jenő
History
Ruffinyi Jenő (1846-1924) was a mining engineer. He was one of the discoverers of the ice cave of Dobsina. His family was of Italian origin.
The villa was built around 1870 in neo-Renaissance style.
Memorials
Bust of Kossuth Lajos
History
The bust of Kossuth Lajos was erected in 1907 from public contributions. It was the artwork of the sculptor Horvay Ede.
Kossuth Lajos was the political leader of the Hungarian War of Independence between 1848 and 1849. The Czechoslovak invaders tore the statue down on June 13, 1919 by night. It was reerected in Rudabánya (still Hungary) in 1972.
Museums and Galleries
Ice Cave of Dobsina
History
It was discovered in 1870.
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