Rimavská Baňa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Rimavská Sobota |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rimavská Baňa in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Rimavská Baňa in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.5°N 75°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1334 |
Area Total Km2: | 26.21[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.12 |
Elevation M: | 256[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 840 |
Population Total: | 529[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 20.16[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 7.78 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 980 53 |
Area Code: | +421 47 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | RS |
Website: | www.obecrimavskabana.sk |
Rimavská Baňa (hu|Rimabánya) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. The name of the village means Mine of the Rimava region and is a commemoration of the mining history of the region. Although mining is for some centuries not present, the village is a home to one of the nicest decorated church in the region. Protestant church from the 13th century was several times rebuilt, in its present form it has baroque features. It contains Gothic wall paintings, painted wooden matroneum from 1726 and painted wooden ceiling.
The village is a birthplace of Juraj Palkovič, Slovak politician, professor and teacher od Ľudovít Štúr.