Gemer (village)

Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region

Gemer (German: (rare) Gömer, Gemer; Hungarian: Sajógömör) is a village and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

History

Important Bronze Age finds have been made in the village. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1198 as Gomur (1216 Gumur, 1289 Gemer) as a settlement below the much older Gemer Castle (which was originally a Slavic fortified settlement). The castle was the capital of Gemer and control point of all the ways for Spiš County.

The settlement below the castle was a royal dominion and in the 14th century it became the capital of Gemer. It was besieged by the Bohemian condottiere Jiskra in the 15th century and it was pillaged by Turks in the 16th century. From 1938 to 1945 it belonged to Hungary under the First Vienna Award.

People

Czinka Panna

Other residents

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1733-1896 (parish B)
Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1730-1895 (parish A)
Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1707-1870 (parish B)

External links

Municipalities of Revúca District

Jelšava Revúca Tornaľa Držkovce Gemer Gemerská Ves Gemerské Teplice Gemerský Sad Hrlica Hucín Chvalová Chyžné Kameňany Leváre Levkuška Licince Lubeník Magnezitovce Mokrá Lúka Muráň Muránska Dlhá Lúka Muránska Huta Muránska Lehota Muránska Zdychava Nandraž Otročok Ploské Polina Prihradzany Rákoš Rašice Ratková Ratkovské Bystré Revúcka Lehota Rybník Sása Sirk Skerešovo Šivetice Turčok Višňové Žiar

Coordinates: 48°27′N 20°19′E / 48.450°N 20.317°E / 48.450; 20.317

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