Svätý Anton (; hu, Szentantal) is a village in Banská Štiavnica District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central
Slovakia
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. It is situated near the historic town of Banská Štiavnica. During the period of
Communist Czechoslovakia
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, the village had to use the name ''Antol'' as a part of anti-religious campaigns. The first mention of Svätý Anton in written sources dates to 1266, when the village was owned by the
Hont-Pázmány
Hont-Pázmány (Hunt-Poznan) was the name of a ''gens'' ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary. The ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum''mentions that the ancestors of the family, the brothers Hont (Hunt) and Pázmány (Pazman), originally from the Duchy o ...
family of the
Čabraď Castle
Čabraď Castle ( sk, Čabradský hrad, hu, Csábrág) is a castle ruin in Slovakia near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok, in the southeast of Krupina. It is surrounded by the Čabraď nature reserve.
Origins
First mentioned in 1276, Litava ...
. The last private owner was
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
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, caption = Ferdinand in 1912
, reign = 5 October 1908 –
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, succession = Tsar of Bulgaria
, predecessor = Himself as Prince
, successor = Boris III
, reig ...
.
Landmarks
The manor house in Svätý Anton
The manor house was originally built in baroque style as a two-wing building with arcades surrounding an open courtyard with a baroque stone fountain. In the middle of 18th century, Earl Andrej Kohary completed the process of re-building the manor house into a wealthy four-wing noble residence. The Kohary and Coburg families made an essential contribution in the history of the manor house. Here, they concentrated beautiful pieces of artwork and crafts from various parts of the world (18th – 20th centuries). The manor house has served the purpose of a museum since 1962; currently it is a museum of art, history and hunting.
Park
A park that melts into a forest is part of the manor house estate. Currently, remnants of regular baroque type of treatment can be seen on the terraces near the main building. They loosely melt into landscape park and forested park. The preserved water system of the park is supplied with water from the Kolpassky brook through some kilometres long water gang with aqueducts. Until 1995, the meadow in front of the cage was dominated by an almost 120 years old Giant Sequoya (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Phillip Coburg planted it there in 1878 when his only son Leopold was born. In spite of many attempts to save it, the Sequoya dried. A new and healthy tree was then planted at the entrance to the park in 1996.
Svätý Anton Pustovník church
The church was originally built in late baroque style in 1754 – 1755. In the middle of the 19th century it was rebuilt and got its current classicist aspect. The most valuable masterpieces housed in the church are a Madonna sculpture and a monumental panel painting signed by master M.S. dating from 1506.
Notable residents
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Béla Grünwald, Hungarian politician and historian
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Karol Zachar, artist
References
External links
Municipality of Svätý AntonInformation about Saint Hubert Days
* ttps://www.daibau.sk/clanok/896/muzeum_vo_svatom_antone Múzeum vo Svätom Antone
Stiavnicke Bane
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