Hronsek

Template:Geobox Hronsek (Template:Lang-hu) is a village and municipality of the Banská Bystrica District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1500, and it has changed its name many times during its History: (1500 Zyklafalu, 1506 Czwiklafalwa, 1514 Galoyczfalwa, 1515 Galowycz, 1522 Czwyklina, 1558 Czwyklina alias Galfalwa, 1565 Garanzk). It belonged to the district of Zvolen. From the 15th century, control of the town passed to the Prokopy family, later to the Soós and in the 17th century to the Géczy families.

Church

Originally commissioned in 1725, the church was built according to the strict guidelines governing Protestant places of worship laid down by Emperor Leopold I's government, in agreement with the Habsburg opposition. These guidelines included the requirement that churches be built within a year and entirely from wood (without even iron nails), dictates difficult enough to adhere to without the additional strife of an uprising of Hungarian rebels, and a location on a small island in the middle of the river Hron (Garam in the Hungarian language).

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