The interesting town of Kremnica is currently incredibly popular with tourists from all over the world who visit Slovakia. This settlement has become popular and renowned across Central Europe. Kremnica welcomes thousands of foreign guests every year. There are particularly many tourists in summer when the whole town indulges in the atmosphere of humor and satire and in winter during the ski competitions. Starting from the Middle Ages, Kremnica has been one of the main gold mining centers in the world – the region’s mountains are rich in this precious metal. First mining activities in the region started yet in the 9th century. Naturally, such rich deposits of gold couldn’t stay unnoticed. In the 13th century, the everyday life of local people was totally ruined by a Mongol invasion. Many people died during the battle, and a large part of the town was destroyed. Hungarian kings decided to send German colonizers to Kremnica in order to increase the settlement’s population and resume gold mining in the region. In the 14th century, Charles I of Hungary granted imperial privileges to the town. Soon after that, Kremnica was officially mentioned in the documents for the first time. A mint was established in Kremnica in 1335. It manufactured gold coins that were widely adopted in the Hungarian Kingdom. Gold mining in the region became particularly active at the edge of the 14th and 15th centuries. Miners tried to extract the precious material from the depths
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