Knocker
Čajovňa Klopačka
Original function:
knocker
Current function:
restaurant / confectionery / café
Address:
Andreja Sládkoviča 58/7.
Historical Hungarian county:
Hont
GPS coordinates:
48.457775, 18.892238
tea house.
History
The building of the Knocker was built in 1681 in Renaissance and Baroque style. It was the indispensable part of the old mining towns. lt called the miners to work at two o'clock in the morning and it was also sounded on funerals.
After arriving to Selmecbánya, General Bottyán the Blind recruited 1,000 miners to the army of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II from the surrounding area with the sound of the Knocker during the Hungarian War of Independence (1703-1711).
In January 1849 the Hungarian General Görgei Artúr called the miners to make the tunnels under Mount Szkalka suitable for his army to march through also with the sound of the Knocker. This way Görgey could reach the pass of Sturec two days earlier and could unite with the army of Klapka György. This made possible the launching of the glorious Spring Campaign that liberated most of Hungary from the Imperial rule during the Hungarian War of Independence between 1848 and 1849.
The building is a tea house at the moment.
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