Decree of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Socialist Republic No. 124 / 1979 Coll.

(1) The territory as defined in the Annex, which forms part of this Order, is hereby declared as a protected landscape area of Štiavnické vrže (hereinafter referred to as "the region"). The area is situated on the territory of the counties:

a) Žiar nad Hronom in the Central Slovak Region, in the cadastral territories of the municipalities of Antony, Badían, Banská Belá, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Klenec, Belaž, Nová Baná-Brehy, Dekýš, Hliník nad Hronom, Hodrushaš-Hamre, Ilija, Kopanice, Kozelík, Lekôtka pod Brehy, Močiar, Počedlo, Podhorie, Prenčev, Rewrite, Rudno nad Hronom, Glass Teplice, Štiavnik Bane, Tekovská Breznica, Trnavá Hora, Voznica, Vyhne, Vyhla, Žarnovica, Žarnovica, Žiar nad Hronom,

b) Elected in the Central Slovak Region, in the cadastral territories of the municipalities Babiná, Bacurov, Devičie, Dobrá Niva, Dubí, Hontianske Nemce, Hronská Breznica, Kraľovce-Krnišov, Krupina, Ladzany, Ostrá Lúka, Subochleby, Žibritov,

c) Left in the West Slovak region, in the cadastral territories of Bohunice, Chaikov, Devicany, Gondovo, Jablonovka, New Dedina, Pukanec, Rybník, Uhliská, Barovce, Pečenice.

(2) The purpose of the declaration of the area is to protect and enhance nature and natural values, also in the light of valuable cultural monuments and, in particular, the monuments of the development of technology in the territory, ensuring its optimum use, taking into account its versatile cultural, scientific, economic, water and health-related importance, while respecting the priority interests of geological and mining activities in this area.

(3) The conservation of nature and natural values and the maintenance of the conditions of protection of the area is the responsibility of all institutions and organisations which operate in any way within its territory, as well as of citizens residing or staying in the region.

(4) In accordance with § 6 (3) and § 7 and 8 of the Act, special protection of its particularly important parts can be declared in the territory of the area.

(1) In the territory of the area, only in agreement with the State Nature Protection Authorities: 1)

(a) carry out the collection of rare minerals on the surface;

(b) to carry out archeological excavations or other excavations linked in particular to research and survey in nature;

(c) introduce non-indigenous species of plants and animals into the wild in principle only when conducting research in the framework of experimental activities. This provision shall not apply to the agricultural land fund managed under approved agricultural production development plans;

(d) change and create supply and outflow channel systems; the brush and monuments of the development of the original mining water tanks;

(e) use forest and agricultural parcels for other purposes;

(f) to build buildings of all kinds (mining, industrial, engineering, recreational, residential, garages, etc.) outside the inner village, excluding the operating facilities of state forests and farms;

(g) outside the intra-villans of municipalities, except for areas which have already been designated for these purposes, to plant landfills, to store waste, to create piles of mining and sewerage;

(h) to place advertising, information and other similar facilities outside the inner village;

(i) large-scale use of pesticides with the exception of forest nurseries and agricultural land funds.

(2) In the territory of the area, only after consultation with the authorities of the State Protection of Nature:

(a) carry out geological work, including technical work, to the extent laid down by specific regulations (except for research based on existing mining works and research into hydrogeological work related to the protection and development of natural medical baths and natural medical resources);

(b) to conquer mineral deposits outside the specified mining spaces .2)

(3) The scope of the implementation of other activities in the region is defined as follows:

(a) the management of the forestry fund shall be governed by approved forest management plans, in which economic measures for parts of forests protected for the protection of nature shall be provided for in an agreement with the State conservation authorities;

(b) the development of agricultural production in the area shall take place on the basis of comprehensive plans for the development of agriculture, including the modification of the land with trees and shrub vegetation for each territorial administrative unit, drawn up in cooperation with the State conservation authorities, with particular regard to the conservation of biological and aesthetic values of the area and the interests of the protection and rational use of the agricultural land fund;

(c) for all projects and interventions, the aquatic importance of the territory must be respected;

(d) construction is carried out according to approved planning documentation, taking into account the optimal preservation of non-urban areas of the original natural environment. When designing and building, account should be taken of the nature of the landscape and the material used. The construction of cabins for individual recreation, buildings for temporary accommodation, including farm reconnaissance, chat camps, camping areas, autocampages, parking lots and other functionalfacilities (3) is permitted only in the areas defined by the zoning authorities, with the agreement of the state conservation authorities and other authorities concerned by it, on the basis of the approved zoning documentation, as well as by the resolution of the board of the relevant county national committee on the approval of the recreational area; the individual construction of holiday huts and buildings and the construction of recreational buildings of socialist organisations on the forest land fund can be carried out only with the agreement of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Management of the SSR; 4)

(e) hunting and fishing (5) shall be carried out in accordance with approved plans for the rearing and hunting of game and fish, with a view to preserving and enhancing the natural collection of communities, and in cooperation with the authorities for the conservation of wildlife;

(f) communications shall be built on the basis of approved planning documentation. Tourist trails are extended and branded and educational paths are built in accordance with the concept of nature conservation in the area in mutual agreement with tourist authorities in the Slovak Socialist Republic. The survey of the forest transport network shall be carried out in cooperation with the authorities of the State Protection of Nature and shall agree with them in their participation in the Final Protocol to the Forest Economic Plan;

(g) research and research that affects natural circumstances can only be carried out with the knowledge of the Slovak Institute for Heritage Care and Nature Protection, which keeps their records. In doing so, care should be taken to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest between different organisations in time and place or that protected natural values are not damaged.

(1) On the territory of the region, special care is given to monuments of development of techniques in mining, metallurgical and forestry according to special regulations. 6)

(2) The method and extent of protection of the amnesty of technological development are laid down by the relevant district national committee by a special statute.

(1) In matters affecting the area, the authorities of the state, in particular the local planning authorities, the construction authorities, the mining authorities, the authorities of the state administration of the forestry sector, the air protection authorities, the water, agricultural, transport, tourism, health and hygiene authorities, as well as the physical education bodies with regard to the mission of the area, in cooperation with the competent authorities of the state conservation of nature.

(2) Similarly, the authorities and organisations implementing measures to protect air, water, soil, vegetation, game and fish and other wildlife in the region shall proceed.

(1) The conditions laid down by the competent authorities apply to the protection of specially protected areas within the area. The conditions of protection provided for in Article 2 of this Decree do not apply to specially protected agricultural land. 7)

(2) In the territories covered by the competence of the Federal Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Interior, the authorities of the State Protection of Nature and the State Monument Care are required to take care of the interests of the military administration and in the event of changes affecting the defence of the State, equipment or premises serving that purpose, to seek the approval of the military administration or the competent authorities of the Ministry of Interior. The territory of the military administration is not affected by the declaration of the area.

(3) The declaration of the area shall be without prejudice to ownership rights and other property relations with real estate situated within the territory of the area, or to protection zones established under specific rules. 8)

(1) The tasks of the national nature conservation bodies within the territory of the area under this Ordinance are carried out within the framework of their activities. Slovak Institute of Heritage Care and Nature Protection in Bratislava.

(2) National committees active in their territory are involved in the protection, restoration and enhancement of nature, natural values and cultural monuments in the region.

(3) The authorities and organisations making use of the territory of the region provide financial and material resources within their competence for the protection, development and enhancement of the area within the framework of approved economic and financial plans where the need for such funds results from the activities they carry out in that territory.

The maps in which the territory of the area is drawn are stored in the Slovak Institute of Heritage Care and Nature Protection in Bratislava, the Central Slovak Regional National Committee in Banská Bystrica, the West Slovak Regional National Committee in Bratislava, the District National Committees in Žiar nad Hronom, Zvolen and Levice, as well as in the centres of geodesy in Zvolen and Levice.

This decree shall take effect on the day of its publication.

The Protected Landscape Region (hereinafter referred to as "the Region") extends to the territory of the Mediterranean Region in the districts of Žiar nad Hronom and Zvolen and the territory of the West Slovak Region in the district of Levice.

The border of the area takes place from the starting point at the point of contact of the border of Zvolen district and Žiar nad Hronom district near the Hron river. From there it heads along the peripheral forest areas of the northern part of the Štiavnické mountains to the indolan village of Yalná, in the western direction. Beyond the border of this indolent, it turns south along the fringe of the forest to the Mochiar stream, from there it continues along the northern border of the forest fields to the Istebna stream. From the Istebný creek it passes along the forest floor to the northwest, further west to the eastern border of the study areas of the Forest Research Institute in Zvolen. The border of this study area goes all the way to the edge of the forest to touch the agricultural land fund, from there it continues to the hunting capital. The border continues along the edge of the forest to the quarry mining area of the stone quarry (the Košice Ceramics) in Lehôtka under Brehmi and beyond the western border of the state nature reserve Szabova's rock is connected to the western border of the protected site Bralec. From there it follows the southern, then the eastern border of the forest to the cadastral territory of the village of Vyhne. Here it turns to the southwest at the edge of the forest, then northwest and again along the edge of the forest to the south, further west to the state road BzenicaEzhne. Along the edge of the forest reaches the border of the quarry of the Streptoslovenskaya quarry and gravel trees in Bzenice. The whole conquest area leaves out to its touch with the River Hron. It continues along the left bank of the Hron River to the north edge of the Indolent village Rudno nad Hronom. Following the eastern border of Rudno's indolent village towards the Rudnian stream, it heads along the edge of the forest towards the indolent village Nová Baná-Brehy, where it continues again along the edge of the forest - leaving out the conquest space of the West Slovak quarry and gravel-pegs - to the Chaikovsky stream. From there, along the edge of the forest, it continues to the east, then to the northeast to the hunting grounds of Štampoch. Here it turns south on the left side of the state road Štiavnický Bane - Bohunice, following a continuous forest tree through Chlieviska to the road to the hunting ground Segíňov. Further along the left bank of the river Jablonovka turns south and still follows the forest to the state road Jablonovce-Badan. Next to the forest, it heads south first, then west to the Jablonovka stream. From there, the left bank of this stream is followed by a forest tree located south of the Vertical Bay (359). With this forest, it continues to the state road of Žemberovce-Ladzana. On the left side of this road goes to the southeast and then east to the west border of the indolent village of Ladzana. On the edge of the indolent of this village he heads east, then north to Klastavský creek. Following the left bank of this stream, the border continues north to the edge of the forest, from there to the north-east, then south-east to the river Štiavnica, where it crosses the edge of the forest to the border of the cadastral territory of the village Devichia near the state road Hontianske Nemce- Krupina. On the left side of this road, leaving out the indolent village of Devichie in its western, then northern part, reaches the bridge over the stream of Krupinica. It continues along the right bank of this stream to the northwest until the settlement of Old Mountain, from where the border of the quarry Ficberg reaches the edge of the forest. On the border of this conquest area and on the right side of the road to the quarry, it reaches the state road Zhibrit-Krupin, facing southeast and after connecting to the state road Krupin- Babiná follows her on the left to the dry creek. Further along the right bank of this stream follows the western border and along the forest area reaches the river Dry Jarok (west of cubicle 422,6 - Kopanice). The border continues through the Dry Jarok stream north to the River Hron. On the left bank of the Hron River, heading west, the border reaches the starting point.

Area area is 77 630 ha.