Rimavská Baňa () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

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in the

Rimavská Sobota District Rimavská Sobota District (''okres Rimavská Sobota'') is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The district was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. The population density is approximat ...

of the

Banská Bystrica Region The Banská Bystrica Region (, ; , ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest of the eight regions by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystrica Region was established in 1923; its bord ...

of southern

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. The name of the village means Mine of the Rimava region and is a commemoration of the

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

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 Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible sourc ...

from the 13th century was several times rebuilt, in its present form it has

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features. It contains

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wall paintings, painted wooden

matroneum A triforium is an interior gallery, opening onto the tall central space of a building at an upper level. In a church, it opens onto the nave from above the side aisles; it may occur at the level of the clerestory windows, or it may be locate ...

from 1726 and painted wooden ceiling.

References

External links

* * *http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-pohl-vek.pdf
Rimavská Baňa at e-obce.skInformation about evangelical church
Villages and municipalities in Rimavská Sobota District {{RimavskáSobota-geo-stub