Gemer

Gemer lies on the Slaná, beneath the site of the castle that gave its name to the historic county of Gemer. The village is recorded in 1198 as Gomur, while the older fortress served as a centre of royal county administration and guarded routes towards the mining lands of Spiš. The river valley links the wooded hills of Upper Hungary with the wider plain to the south, and the old county name endured after the castle's prominence faded.