Železník () is a

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and

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Svidník District Svidník District (''okres Svidník'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Šariš (Sáros). Municipalities * Belejovce * Beňadikovce * Bodružal * Cernina * ...

in the

Prešov Region The Prešov Region (, ; ), also Priashiv Region (, ), is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 of which have town status. The region was established in 1996 and is the mos ...

of north-eastern

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. The

lies at an

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of 180 metres and covers an

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of . It has a

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of about 465 people. When it was under Hungarian rule it was called Vashegy, which literally means “Iron Hill”, and the mineral vashegyite is named after this village.Mindat.org
the location Železník (Vashegy), Slovakia.

History

In historical records the

was first mentioned in 1382.

References

External links

* * Villages and municipalities in Svidník District Šariš {{Prešov-geo-stub