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Chamber Courtyard, Kammerhof, Museum of Mining

Múzeum Kammerhof
Chamber Courtyard, Kammerhof, Museum of Mining
Múzeum Kammerhof
Original function:
public administration
Current function:
museum
Settlement:
Selmecbánya, Banská Štiavnica
Address:
Kammerhofská 183/8.
Historical Hungarian county:
Hont
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.45797, 18.896007
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History

It was created by integrating a couple of Gothic houses in 1550. In the middle of the 16th century the seat of the Mining Chamber moved from Besztercebánya to Selmecbánya. It was engaged in controlling the extraction of the ores and in collecting the "urbura", the mining tax. In 1598 the Habsburg emperor established the Office of the Count of the Mining Chamber, which had its seat in Selmecbánya. lt controlled the mines, the mints, the estate of the mining chamber and the forests.

Later it was a mining office, which supervised the mines, forges and mints. Now it is the main building of the Museum of Mining.

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