 In the past, it was one of the nine free royal mining towns, where silver and other precious ore was mined.In historical records Pukanec was first mentioned in 1075 under the name "villa Baka", a location in the region of today's Pukanec and Devičany.This note describes the borders of ownership of land given by the Hungarian King to the Monastery in Hronský Beňadik Hronský Beňadik.