Devičie

Devičie (Hungarian: Devicse) is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. Settlements from the Bronze Age and Thracian and Hallstatt finds have been made here. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1256 when King Bela IV resettled persons from Devičie to Hontianske Nemce. In the 16th century it belonged to Čabraď castle (Kőváry and Terjény families).