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Salgotarjan

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Nograd , Hungary
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About Salgotarjan

Salgotarjan the capital of Nograd county, north-jap Hungary, making it the second one smallest county capital based totally on populace. The city already existed in the Middle Ages, however information on it's far scarce probably because it become a small settlement. The word salgo means "shining" in Old Hungarian, whilst Tarjan was the name of one of the Hungarian tribes conquering the location. The fort of Salgó become constructed inside the 13th century on a mountain of volcanic starting place. In the thirteenth century the metropolis already had a church. After the 1682 siege of the nearby Castle of Fulek nowadays Fiľakovo, Slovakia the city was deserted, and new settlers arrived handiest ten years later, but remained a small village.

Development came inside the mid-19th century, whilst a coal mine changed into opened nearby. The activity possibilities provided by way of the mine and the growing enterprise commenced to draw people. The village grew fast and turned into granted city repute in 1922. Today site visitors can see the remains of the mining enterprise by journeying the Mine Museum, which is placed subsequent to the primary entrance of the mine.

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