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This article is about the River Hron. For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron
Jan Hron

Jan Hron Prof., DrSc. Dr.h.c. is a Czech Agroscientist, University Professor and Chancellor of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague ....


Hron ( , ) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 and the second longest river in Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra
Low Tatra

The Low Tatras or Low Tatra is a mountain range in central Slovakia. It is located south of the High Tatras, from which it is separated by the valley of the V?h River....
 mountains (under Králova hola
Králova hola

Kr?lova hola is the highest mountain of the eastern part of the Low Tatras in central Slovakia. Four rivers rise at its foot: V?h, Hnilec, Horn?d, and Hron....
) through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo
Štúrovo

?t?rovo is a town in Slovakia, situated on the Danube. Its population in 2005 was 11,172/.The town is situated opposite the Hungarian city of Esztergom....
 and Esztergom
Esztergom

Esztergom is a city in northern Hungary, about 50 km north-west of the Capital Budapest. It lies in Kom?rom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....
. Major cities and towns situated on the Hron are Brezno
Brezno

Brezno is a town in central Slovakia, with a population of 22,279 ....
, Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica

Bansk? Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Velk? Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains....
, Sliac
Sliac

Sliac is a small spa town located in central Slovakia, on the Hron river, between Bansk? Bystrica and Zvolen. The town is known for its healing hot springs and for an Sliac Airport which has been used for military as well as civil purposes....
, Zvolen
Zvolen

Zvolen...
, Žiar nad Hronom
Žiar nad Hronom

?iar nad Hronom is a town in Bansk? Bystrica Region, Slovakia....
, Žarnovica
Žarnovica

?arnovica is a town and municipality in the ?arnovica District, Bansk? Bystrica Region in Slovakia. The town is situated in the Hron river valley....
, Nová Bana
Nová Bana

Nov? Bana is a small town in the west of central Slovakia and the largest town of the ?arnovica District, located in the Bansk? Bystrica Region....
, Tlmace
Tlmace

Tlmace is a town and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia....
, Levice
Levice

Levice is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river .The town is located in the north east corner of the Danubian Lowland , 110 km east of Bratislava, 40 km sout east of Nitra, 42 mi north east of Nov? Z?mky, 32 km south west of Bansk? ?tiavnica, 55 km south west of Zvolen and 25 km from the border...
, Želiezovce
Želiezovce

?eliezovce is a town in Slovakia in the Nitra Region, in the Levice District, near the Hron river....
, and Štúrovo.

The river's basin covers approximately 11% of Slovakia's territory.

name of the river was mentioned for the first time in 170
170

Events...
, when Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important stoicism philosophy....
 wrote his Meditations
Meditations

Meditations is the title of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in "highly-educated" Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement....
 at the Hron river.






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This article is about the River Hron. For the Rector of Prag-Suchdol see Jan Hron
Jan Hron

Jan Hron Prof., DrSc. Dr.h.c. is a Czech Agroscientist, University Professor and Chancellor of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague ....


Hron ( , ) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 and the second longest river in Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra
Low Tatra

The Low Tatras or Low Tatra is a mountain range in central Slovakia. It is located south of the High Tatras, from which it is separated by the valley of the V?h River....
 mountains (under Králova hola
Králova hola

Kr?lova hola is the highest mountain of the eastern part of the Low Tatras in central Slovakia. Four rivers rise at its foot: V?h, Hnilec, Horn?d, and Hron....
) through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo
Štúrovo

?t?rovo is a town in Slovakia, situated on the Danube. Its population in 2005 was 11,172/.The town is situated opposite the Hungarian city of Esztergom....
 and Esztergom
Esztergom

Esztergom is a city in northern Hungary, about 50 km north-west of the Capital Budapest. It lies in Kom?rom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....
. Major cities and towns situated on the Hron are Brezno
Brezno

Brezno is a town in central Slovakia, with a population of 22,279 ....
, Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica

Bansk? Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Velk? Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains....
, Sliac
Sliac

Sliac is a small spa town located in central Slovakia, on the Hron river, between Bansk? Bystrica and Zvolen. The town is known for its healing hot springs and for an Sliac Airport which has been used for military as well as civil purposes....
, Zvolen
Zvolen

Zvolen...
, Žiar nad Hronom
Žiar nad Hronom

?iar nad Hronom is a town in Bansk? Bystrica Region, Slovakia....
, Žarnovica
Žarnovica

?arnovica is a town and municipality in the ?arnovica District, Bansk? Bystrica Region in Slovakia. The town is situated in the Hron river valley....
, Nová Bana
Nová Bana

Nov? Bana is a small town in the west of central Slovakia and the largest town of the ?arnovica District, located in the Bansk? Bystrica Region....
, Tlmace
Tlmace

Tlmace is a town and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia....
, Levice
Levice

Levice is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river .The town is located in the north east corner of the Danubian Lowland , 110 km east of Bratislava, 40 km sout east of Nitra, 42 mi north east of Nov? Z?mky, 32 km south west of Bansk? ?tiavnica, 55 km south west of Zvolen and 25 km from the border...
, Želiezovce
Želiezovce

?eliezovce is a town in Slovakia in the Nitra Region, in the Levice District, near the Hron river....
, 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
170

Events...
, when Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important stoicism philosophy....
 wrote his Meditations
Meditations

Meditations is the title of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in "highly-educated" Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement....
 at the Hron river. The first recorded medieval name was Gron (1075). From the 17th century until the 1930s, the river was used for wood transport.