Geographical introduction
The Republic of Slovakia covers an area of 40 040 km2. The surface is predominantly mountainous with the highest Peak Gerlachovský s1]History of exploration
History of exploration
The oldest period of geological research is connected with the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy. Sporadic reconnaisance was carried out by Boué, Beudant, Pusch, Zejszner and Staszic. In 1849 the state geological institute in Vienna was founded, and its employees, mainly von Hauer, Mojsisovics, Uhlig, Vetters and the first Slovak geologist 
tür, director of the institute, started systematic research. In 1870 the first Academy of Mines in central Europe was established in Banská Stiavnica (formerly Schemnitz). After 1869 research was continued by the geologists of the newly founded geological institute in Budapest: von Böckh, Rozslozsnik, Szabö and others. After 1919, in the framework of the Czechoslovak Republic, geological research was organized by the employees of the geological institute...
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Miík, M. (1997). Slovakia . In: Encyclopedia of European and Asian Regional Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4495-X_88
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