Title: Malokarpatské baníctvo do konca 16. storočia
(The Little Carpathians Mining until the Late Sixteenth Century) – PDF
Abstract: The territory of Little Carpathians became well-known mining area due to the ore deposits of precious metals and antimony, as well as due to the pyrite deposits, especially in areas of Pezinok, Limbach, Modra, Pernek, and partially also in other locations. In the Late Middle Ages, the gold deposits near Pezinok and Limbach were exploited for a long time, but the Early Modern mining enterprising after 1526 has been considered by the present historical research as extinct. Only on the basis of newly discovered sources in the Austrian State Archive in Vienna, different research results could be presented in this paper. During the so-called “Big Mining Boom” in the sixteenth century, quite a number of enterprisers, experimenters, alchemists, and adventurers investigated by the author were active in Little Carpathians. Against a background of their entrepreneurial activities, the so-called Maximilian Mining Order was being introduced to enforce the Habsburg economic interests in the Hungarian Kingdom.
Author: LACKO, Miroslav
DOI: 10.17846/SHN.2024.28.2.372-387
Publication order reference: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Friedrich-Christian-Lesser-Kolleg für Ostmitteleuropa, Fürstengraben 13, Jena, Germany, mail: mir.lacko@gmail.com
Source: Studia Historica Nitriensia, year: 2024, vol.: 28, number: 2, pages: 372-387
Key words: Little Carpathians; Mining; Alchemy; Gold; Silver; Maximilian Mining Order; Entrepreneurship;
Language: SLOVAK
Funding: Malokarpatský banícky spolok v Pezinku, Mesto Pezinok