Budikovany

Budikovany (Hungarian: Bugyik-fala) is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. Part of the historic Gömör-Kishont region of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village already existed before the Mongol devastations (1241/42) as a holding of name "Both" (sometimes spelled "Bogy" or "Bud") Bot ou Both (famille) in 1285. The village itself was first mentioned in 1301, the name Budik (meaning "awaken") is a slavic name given during the Kingdom of Hungary period. It is transliterated Bugyik in Hungarian but has also been transcribed, Bvdik, Bwgyk, Bodik by Latin scribes. It was destroyed by the Turks in the 16th century. It at various times belonged to clan...