King Sigismund declared a free mining enterprise and ordered to build fortifications.
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In 1876, Pukanec was demoted from the royal free mining town to a municipality belonging to the Hont county.
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As one of the most important centers of Protestant Reformation in the country, the town created the Protestant "League of Seven Mining Towns" together with Banská Belá, Banská Bystrica, Banská Štiavnica, Kremnica, Nová Baňa, and Pukanec.