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Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, was the old mining school
where Müller von Reichenstein (discoverer of tellurium) and del Río
(discoverer of vanadium) studied. It is reached by driving north from Budapest
in Hungary (not shown) to the Slovakia-Hungary border, then according to the
highways shown. Banská Štiavnica was earlier known as Selmecbánya
(Hungarian name) and Schemnitz (German name).
Kremnica, Slovakia, a short drive north of Banská Štiavnica, was
a famous mining village and was actually the region where the "crossed
hammers" icon of the miners originated; city center of Kremnica - N48 42.19
E18 55.02.
Near Banská Bystrica (not visited), just east of Kremnica, specimens
were found of rutile (titanium oxide) which allowed Klaproth to confirm Gregor's
discovery of titanium in ilmenite in Cornwall, England.
"1" = Turnoff from E77 on in Hontianske nemce - 525 N48 17.07 E18
59.34.
"2" = Turn on E 571 , north of Banská Štiavnica, toward
Kremnica - N48 33.80 E19 00.75.
"3" = Crossing the Hungary-Slovakia border - N48 03.43 E18 58.01.
"4" = Turnoff on 65, north to Kreminica = N48 35.31 E18 53.79.
The intersection "3," the Hungary-Slovakia border, is the same "3"
in the Hungary map of the same bordering region.