České Brezovo (1773: ; hu, Csehberek, until 1899: ) is a village and municipality in the

Poltár District Poltár District (''okres Poltár'') is a district in the south of the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country i ...

in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

History

In historical records, the village was surely mentioned in 1435 (''Brezow'', ''Bryzow''), but the existence of the village in the area is recorded from 1334 as belonging to Zách, Bosnyák and Szentiványi families. In 1834 ( sk, Ján Juraj Zahn) based a glasswork in Zlatno settlement.

Culture

In České Brezovo was born Bohuslav Tablic, one of the leaders of Slovak classicism. Village commemorates him with a memory plaque on a public library.

Notable personalities

* František Krňan, mathematician * Bohuslav Tablic, poet, translator, literary historian

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia" * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1925 (parish A)

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