Železník_(village)

Železník (village)

Železník (village)

Municipality in Slovakia

Železník (Hungarian: Vaspataka) is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia. The municipality lies at an altitude of 180 metres and covers an area of 5.97 square kilometres (2.31 square miles). It has a population 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.[1][2][3]

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History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1382.

References

  1. [1]
    Merriam-Webster, the word "vashegyite".
  2. [2]
    Mindat.org, the mineral "vashegyite".
  3. [3]
    Mindat.org, the location Železník (Vashegy), Slovakia.


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