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| Modry Kameň German: Blauenstein; Hungarian: Kékkő | ||
| Region (kraj) | Banskobystrický kraj | |
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| Residents | 1.597 (2017) | |
| height | 250 m | |
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Modry Kameň is a city in Central Slovak Eipel area (tourism region Neograd or. Poiplie). It is known for the Blauenstein fortress and the late baroque Kalvarienberg.
background
The city - with about 1600 inhabitants one of the smallest places with municipal rights in Slovakia - is located at the transition from the valley basin Ipeľská kotlina to the plateau Krupinská planina.
The municipality was already settled in the older Bronze Age. The castle and estate were first mentioned as Keykkw in 1290. The name has survived to this day - the German and Slovak names are direct translations of Kékkő in modern Hungarian (blue rock, blue stone). The village of the same name was built in the immediate vicinity of the castle, which was the seat of the Balassa until the 19th century. During the Turkish wars in the 16th and 17th centuries, the place and castle were devastated several times and were occupied by the Ottomans from 1576 to 1593. The place received city rights in 1658.
Until 1918 the city was part of the Hungarian Neograd County (Nógrád). Until 1960 it was the seat of a political district (Okres), after which the district administration moved to the more important city four kilometers to the south Veľký Krtíš.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport with scheduled services is in Budapest (130 km south).
By train
The city itself cannot be reached by train. The railway line from Lučenec, in the Veľký Krtíš ends, has no more passenger traffic. The closest passenger stations with express train traffic are in Lučenec (approx. 50 km) and Zvolen (approx. 60 km) or in Balassagyarmat (approx. 20 km south with a connection to the Hungarian rail network).
By bus
In the street
- Regionalstrasse 527:
- Connection to the Hungarian trunk road 22 in Balassagyarmat
- Connection to the Slovak trunk road 75 in Veľký Krtíš
- Connection to the Slovak trunk road 66 / E 77 in Babiná
- Directions from Bratislava: above Nové Zámky (shorter) or Zvolen (more quickly)
- Directions from Budapest: above Vác and Balassagyarmat
- Directions from Košice: about Lučenec
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Blauenstein Castle (Hrad Modrý Kameň): ruins of a Gothic fortress, a baroque style country castle (1730) with a chapel (1759) at the lower castle. Today a branch of the Slovak National Museum with the seat of the Doll and Toy Museum.
- Calvary from the 18th century: The Way of the Cross begins at the castle ruins and leads steeply uphill to numerous chapels and scenes of the crucifixion.
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Anton of Padua (svätého Antona Paduánskeho) in neo-Romanesque-Baroque style (1879)
- Marian column in late baroque style, 18th century
activities
shop
There is a mini market in ul. Zamocká. Larger supermarkets can be found in Veľký Krtíš, 4 km south.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
There is no accommodation in the city. A hotel is in Veľký Krtíš.
