Hauerland
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Hauerland (also called Kremnitz-Deutschprobener Sprachinsel) is the German name for a region presently located in central Slovakia once inhabited by Carpathian Germans. Arisen from medieval Ostsiedlung population movements, it belonged to three German language islands within a greater Slovakian-speaking area. The other two were situated in Bratislava (German: Pressburg) and the Spiš (German: Zips) region.
Geography
The area laid within the forested
History
In the Middle Ages, the Kremnica Mountains (German: Kremnitzer Berge) were an important gold mining area within Upper Hungary (German: Oberungarn) and directly subordinate to the Hungarian monarch. Numerous villages, mostly spread out in the mountainous and hilly areas, were agricultural and developed a special kind of German subculture.
In 1328, King Charles I granted Kremnica town privileges, followed by the foundation of Kunešov (German: Kuneschhau) in 1342, Sklené (German: Glaserhau) in 1360, Kremnické Bane (German: Johannesberg) in 1361, Turček/Dolný Turček (German: Unter-Turz) in 1371, Horná Štubňa (German: Oberstuben) in 1390, Krahule (German: Blaufuß) in 1422, and Janova Lehota (German: Drexlerhau) in 1487.
The largest Hauerland municipality was Handlová (German: Krickerhau), established in 1367 within the Bojnice (German: Weinitz) castle estates, where in the 19th century, coal deposits were discovered. In the northern part, the town of Nitrianske Pravno was founded about 1337, followed by Malinová (German: Zeche) in 1339, Kľačno (German: Gaidel), Tužina (German: Schmiedshau) about 1350, Vrícko (German: Münnichwies) in 1488, and Chvojnica (German: Fundstollen) in 1614.
Over the centuries, the
See also