Everything about Hron totally explained
This article is about the River Hron. For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see
Jan Hron
Hron ( ) is a 298 km long left tributary of the
Danube and the second longest river in
Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the
Low Tatra mountains (under
Kráľova hoľa) through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near
Štúrovo and
Esztergom. Major cities and towns situated on the Hron are
Brezno,
Banská Bystrica,
Sliač,
Zvolen,
Žiar nad Hronom,
Žarnovica,
Nová Baňa,
Tlmače,
Levice,
Želiezovce, and Štúrovo.
The river's basin covers approximately 11% of Slovakia's territory.
History
The name of the river was mentioned for the first time in
170, when
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his
Meditations at the Hron (
Latin:
Granova) river. The first recorded medieval name was Gron (1075).
From the 17th century until the 1930s, the river was used for wood transport.
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