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Korpona

Krupina

Korpona

Hungarian:

Korpona

Slovak:

Krupina

German:

Karpfen

Latin:

Carpona

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Historical Hungarian county:

Hont

Country:

Slovakia

District:

Banskobystrický kraj

River:

Korpona Brook

Altitude:

271 m

GPS coordinates:

48.35409, 19.066606

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Population

Population:

Hungarian:

Population in 1910

Total	4016
Hungarian	12.05%
Slovak	86.16%

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The town was founded by Saxon miners from Transylvania in the valley of the Korpona stream at the foot of the Selmec Mountains. Later it got Slovakized as a result of the devastation of wars. It was the seat of Hont County within Hungary until the late 17th century. Prince Bocskai István of Transylvania, who led an uprising against the tyranny of the Habsburg king, held the country assembly of Hungary in the town in 1605, which decided on the terms of peace and the famous diploma was also issued here that emancipated the hajdú soldiers from the jurisdiction of their lords, granted them land and personal freedom.

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History

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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.

11th century

The Hont-Pázmány clan founded the settlement, later German settlers arrived.

13th century

Saxon miners from Transylvania were settled down by King Andrew II of Hungary.

1238

The settlement was mentioned for the first time as Corpona.

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.

1241-42

The settlement was destroyed during the Mongolian invasion.

after 1242

The church was fortified.

1244

The settlement received privileges from King Béla IV of Hungary.

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.

1342

Korpona was already a town.

1393

Korpona was granted the right to hold fairs.

1424

King Sigismund of Hungary gave the town to his wife, Cillei Borbála.

1439

Czech Hussite marauders occupied Korpona.

1467

King Matthias relieved Korpona from tax paying so that the fortifications could be repaired.

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.

1522

King Louis II of Hungary gave the town to his wife, Queen Mary.

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.

1546

Balassa Menyhért besieged Korpona.

1552

King Ferdinand of Hungary purchased the town and fortified it against the Turks.

1582

The Turks besieged the town, but could not capture it.

1604-1606

Uprising of Bocskai István

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1604-1606

The alliance of the Habsburgs and the Principality of Transylvania was defeated by the Ottoman Empire in the Fifteen Years' War. The war devastated Transylvania, which was occupied by the Habsburg imperial army, and General Basta introduced a reign of terror. The nobility and the burghers were upset about the terror, the plundering mercenaries and the violent Counter-Reformation. Bocskai István decided to lead their uprising after the Habsburg emperor tried to confiscate his estates. Bocskai also rallied the hajdú warriors to his side. He was elected Prince of Transylvania and soon liberated the Kingdom of Hungary from the Habsburgs. In 1605 Bocskai István was crowned King of Hungary with the crown he received from the Turks.

1604-5

The town surrendered to Bocskai István. The country assembly of Hungary started on November 17, 1605 in Korpona. It set the conditions of the Peace of Vienna that ended the Bocskai Uprising. The diploma that granted collective nobility to the hajdú soldiers was also issued in Korpona.

23 June 1606

Peace of Vienna

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23 June 1606

Bocski István made peace with Emperor Rudolf. Their agreement secured the constitutional rights of the Estates of Hungary, and the freedom of religion. The counties of Szatmár, Bereg and Ugocsa were annexed to the Principality of Transylvania. Bocskai died of illness in the same year, leaving to his successors the idea of unifying Hungary from Transylvania.

1619

The campaign of Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania in the Thirty Years' War

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1619

At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania went to war against the Habsburg emperor as an ally of the rebelling Czech-Moravian-Austrian estates. The whole Kingdom of Hungary joined him, only the Austrian defenders of Pozsony had to be put to the sword. With his allies, he laid siege to Vienna. However, he was forced to abandon the siege because the Habsburg-loyal Hungarian aristocrat Homonnai Drugeth György attacked his heartland with Polish mercenaries. On 25 August 1620, the Diet of Besztercebánya elected Bethlen Gábor King of Hungary as vassal of the Turks. He continued to fight after the defeat of the Czechs at White Mountain on 8 November 1620, but without real chance to achieve decisive victory, he decided to come to an agreement with Emperor Ferdinand II.

1619

Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania occupied the town.

July 12, 1621

Korpona swore loyalty to Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania.

31 December 1621

Peace of Nikolsburg

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31 December 1621

Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania made peace with Emperor Ferdinand II. Their agreement secured the constitutional rights of the Estates of Hungary, and later it was supplemented with the freedom of religion. Bethlen renounced the title of King of Hungary in exchange for seven counties of the Upper Tisza region (Szabolcs, Szatmár, Bereg, Ugocsa, Zemplén, Borsod, Abaúj) for the rest of his life, other estates in Hungary as his private property and the imperial title of Duke of Oppeln and Ratibor (Opole and Racibórz), one of the Duchies of Silesia. Prince Bethlen went to war against the Habsburgs in 1623 and 1626, but was unable to negotiate more favourable terms.

1626

Turks plundered the town.

1644-1645

The campaign of Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania in the Thirty Years' War

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1644-1645

Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania allied with the Swedes and the French in the Thirty Years' War and went to war against the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand III. On 18 July 1645 his army joined forces with Torstenson's Swedish army under Brno (Moravia). The excellent artillery of Transylvania opened fire on the city walls. However, Rákóczi had to give up the siege, having been informed that the Turks were planning a punitive campaign against Transylvania, because he went to war against the Sultan's prohibition.

1645

Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania occupied the town.

16 December 1645

Peace of Linz

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16 December 1645

Prince Rákóczi György I of Transylvania made peace with Emperor Ferdinand III. It secured the freedom of religion for the Protestants and extended it also to the serfs. Rákóczi received the same seven Hungarian counties that Prince Bethlen Gábor had also held (Abauj, Zemplén, Borsod, Bereg, Ugocsa, Szabolcs, Szatmár) until his death, and the counties of Szabolcs and Szatmár were also to be inherited by his sons. The Rákóczi family also received several new estates.

1647, 1678

The town repelled Turkish sieges.

until the late 17th century

Korpona was the seat of Hont County.

after 1671

Kuruc Movement

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after 1671

Many noble, burgher and preacher fled to the Principality of Transylvania and the territory under Turkish occupation from the reprisals after the exposure of the anti-Habsburg Wesselényi-conspiracy and from the violent Counter-Reformation. They were joined by dismissed Hungarian soldiers of the Turkish border forts, who were replaced by German mercenaries. They were called the fugitives (bujdosók). They started an armed movement against the Habsburg rule. Because of the Turkish ban, the Principality of Transylvania could not openly support them. From 1677, the French supported their cause with money and Polish mercenaries. They achieved their first serious success when they temporarily occupied the mining towns of northern Hungary (now central Slovakia) under the command of Thököly lmre. He then became the sole leader of the movement. In 1679, the French made peace with Emperor Leopold I and withdrew their support for the fugitives. Between 1678 and 1681 Thököly Imre led successful raids against the Habsburgs and their supporters in the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary. The insurgents were called kurucs.

1682

Thököly Imre, Prince of Upper Hungary

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1682

Thököly Imre, the leader of the kuruc insurgents, gained the support of the Turks. He launched a campaign against the Habsburgs in the Kingdom of Hungary. With the support of the Turkish army, he occupied the town of Kassa and also the important stronghold of Fülek. He was then recognized by the Turks as King of Hungary, but he chose the title of Prince of Upper Hungary.

1682-83

Thököly Imre occupied the town.

1683

Turkish defeat at Vienna and the formation of the Holy League

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1683

The combined armies of the Habsburg Empire and the Kingdom of Poland defeated the Turkish army besieging Vienna. Emperor Leopold I wanted to make peace with the Turks, but was refused by Sultan Mehmed IV. In 1684, at the persistent urging of Pope Innocent XI, the Holy League, an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland, the Habsburg Empire, the Republic of Venice and the Papal States, was formed to expel the Turks from Hungary. Thököly Imre, who had allied himself with the Turks, was gradually driven out of northern Hungary.

1685

The Turkish captivity of Thököly Imre and the fall of the kuruc movement

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1685

The Pasha of Várad captured Thököly Imre as he was asking for Turkish help and offered him to Emperor Leopold I for peace. But the Imperial emissaries laughed at his face, because, having the upper hand, they no longer cared for Thököly. On the news of his capture, the town of Kassa and the kuruc strongholds surrendered to the Emperor one after the other. The Turks, seeing their fatal mistake, released Thököly the following year and tried to restore his authority, but his power was broken forever and the Hungarian insurgents no longer trusted the Turks. Most of the insurgents joined the imperial army and helped to liberate the rest of Hungary from the Turks.

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.

1683

The army of King John Sobieski of Poland stayed in the town on its way home from the battle of Vienna.

1703-1711

Hungarian War of Independence led by Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II

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1703-1711

1703-1708

Kuruc insurgents controlled the town. Andrássy György set the town on fire before retreating from the Habsburg army.

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.

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.

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.

January, 1919

The Czechoslovaks invaded Korpona.

21 March - 1 August 1919

Communist takeover and the Northern Campaign

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21 March - 1 August 1919

After the Entente put vast areas with a Hungarian population under foreign administration, the pro-Entente government resigned and the traitorous Prime Minister Károlyi Mihály handed over power to the communists, who had little support anyway. They raised the Hungarian Red Army, which liberated large parts of northern Hungary from Czech occupation in the 'Northern Campaign'. The aim was to unite with the Russian Red Army, which ultimately failed because of the Russians' defeat. French Prime Minister Clemenceau promised the Jewish Kun Béla that he would recognise the Hungarian Soviet Republic and invite it to the peace conference if it would call back the army from northern Hungary. Calling back the army demoralized the soldiers, who fought for their homeland and not for communism. Clemenceau broke his promise and let the Romanian horde cross the Tisza River and capture Budapest.

June 5, 1919

The army of the Hungarian Soviet Republic liberated Korpona from the Czechoslovak invaders.

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.

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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Nativity of Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Parish Church

Rímskokatolícky kostol Narodenia Panny Márie

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Nativity of Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Parish Church

History

It was a Romanesque three-nave church built in the 13th century. Later it was reconstructed in Gothic style. Its late Gothic winged altars were made by Master M.S. from Korpona between 1500 and 1520.

The arch of the main nave collapsed in the great fire on June 5, 1676, and the church was in ruins until 1699. The church was reconstructed in Baroque style in 1705.

The chapel opening from the southern side nave dates back to 1415. it was originally dedicated to Virgin Mary, but in 1710 it was rededicated to St. Barbara.

Lutheran Church

Evanjelický a.v. kostol

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Lutheran Church

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The church was constructed between 1784 and 1786 in Classicist style. The tower was added between 1824 and 1829. The organ is from 1889.

Chapel of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

Kaplnka Sedembolestnej Panny Márie z r. 1784

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Chapel of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

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The chapel was built in 1784 in Baroque-Classicist style.

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Town Hall

Mestský úrad Krupina

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Town Hall

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The town hall was built in 1901 in Historicist style by the construction company of the Kondorossy brothers from Zólyom.

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Turkish Wells

Štrampľoch - Turecké studne

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Turkish Wells

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Pools are carved into the rock in the former quarry. Their purpose is unknown. According to a theory they were used by the Turks as hiding place in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Tarisznyavár Guard Tower, Vartovka

Strážna veža Vartovka

Patrik Kunec / CC BY-SA

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Tarisznyavár Guard Tower, Vartovka

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The guard tower was built in 1564 to watch over the plundering Turkish troops.

Walls of the Town Fortification around the Church

Photograph: Peter Andráš / CC BY-SA

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Walls of the Town Fortification around the Church

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The town's defenses were built between 1551 and 1564 against the Turks.

Private buildings

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Múzeum Andreja Sládkoviča

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It was originally a late Gothic two-story building, which was expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries and was reconstructed in the 19th century.

The first owner was the Lutheran Zsembery noble family. They were followed by an apothecary named Amman, whose widow later leased the building. She was allegedly visited by Empress Maria Theresia as well. In the second half of the 19th century the Slovak nationalist attorney Gustav Lehotsky acquired the building, who was visited by the Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek at the beginning of the 20th century.

It has been the home of the town museum named after Andrej Sládkovic since 1965. Andrej Sládkovic (18201872) was a Slovak poet, critic, journalist and translator.

Halmay House

Domček - Centrum Voľného Času

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Halmay House

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The house was built in 1906 for the district judge.

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Trinity Statue

Svätotrojičný stĺp

Dionýz Ignác Stanetti (sculptor) - cc-by-3.0 Peter Zelizňák (photo) / Public domain

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Trinity Statue

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The statue was made in 1752 by Dionysius Ignatius Stanetti. It is adorned by the sculptures of St. Urban, St. Florian and St. Roch.

Museums and Galleries

Town Museum

Múzeum Andreja Sládkoviča

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Town Museum

History

It was originally a late Gothic two-story building, which was expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries and was reconstructed in the 19th century.

It has been the home of the town museum named after Andrej Sládkovic since 1965. Andrej Sládkovic (18201872) was a Slovak poet, critic, journalist and translator.

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Later it got Slovakized as a result of the devastation of wars. It was the seat of Hont County within Hungary until the late 17th century. Prince Bocskai Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania, who led an uprising against the tyranny of the Habsburg king, held the country assembly of Hungary in the town in 1605, which decided on the terms of peace and the famous diploma was also issued here that emancipated the hajd\u00fa soldiers from the jurisdiction of their lords, granted them land and personal freedom.","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@11th century|The Hont-P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny clan founded the settlement, later German settlers arrived.@13th century|Saxon miners from Transylvania were settled down by King Andrew II of Hungary.@1238|The settlement was mentioned for the first time as Corpona.@#5|@1241-42|The settlement was destroyed during the Mongolian invasion.@after 1242|The church was fortified.@1244|The settlement received privileges from King B\u00e9la IV of Hungary.@#6|@1342|Korpona was already a town.@1393|Korpona was granted the right to hold fairs.@1424|King Sigismund of Hungary gave the town to his wife, Cillei Borb\u00e1la.@1439|Czech Hussite marauders occupied Korpona.@1467|King Matthias relieved Korpona from tax paying so that the fortifications could be repaired.@#8|@1522|King Louis II of Hungary gave the town to his wife, Queen Mary.@#11|@1546|Balassa Menyh\u00e9rt besieged Korpona.@1552|King Ferdinand of Hungary purchased the town and fortified it against the Turks.@1582|The Turks besieged the town, but could not capture it.@#13|@1604-5|The town surrendered to Bocskai Istv\u00e1n. The country assembly of Hungary started on November 17, 1605 in Korpona. It set the conditions of the Peace of Vienna that ended the Bocskai Uprising. The diploma that granted collective nobility to the hajd\u00fa soldiers was also issued in Korpona.@#14|@#15|@1619|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania occupied the town.@July 12, 1621|Korpona swore loyalty to Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania.@#16|@1626|Turks plundered the town.@#17|@1645|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I of Transylvania occupied the town.@#18|@1647, 1678|The town repelled Turkish sieges.@until the late 17th century|Korpona was the seat of Hont County.@#21|@#22|@1682-83|Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre occupied the town.@#23|@#24|@#25|@#27|@1683|The army of King John Sobieski of Poland stayed in the town on its way home from the battle of Vienna.@#27|@1703-1708|Kuruc insurgents controlled the town. 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