Žiar nad Hronom District () is a

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in the

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of central

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. Until 1918, the district was part of the

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. * Bartošova Lehôtka * Bzenica *

Dolná Trnávka Dolná Trnávka () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1338 (''Thornoka'' ''Inferior''). It belonged to ...

* Dolná Ves *

Dolná Ždaňa Dolná Ždaňa () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1391 (''Sdan''), when it belonged to Repište. I ...

Hliník nad Hronom Hliník nad Hronom () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in ...

* Horná Ves *

Horná Ždaňa Horná Ždaňa () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Ba ...

Hronská Dúbrava Hronská Dúbrava () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv i ...

Ihráč Ihráč () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1388 (''Graach''). It belonged to Šášov, and in the 17 ...

Janova Lehota Janova Lehota (; ) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1487 as a German settlement founded by a certai ...

Jastrabá Jastrabá () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The first notice in 1487. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archiv ...

Kopernica Kopernica (; ) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Etymology The name comes from ''koper'' ( Slovak koper, kôpor: dill) + ''-nica''. "The land where the wild dill grows ...

Kosorín Kosorín () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska ...

Krahule Krahule (; , until 1890: ) is a village in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It is the only municipality in Slovakia that officially uses German along with Slovak. History The town was first mentione ...

Kremnica Kremnica (; , ) is a town in central Slovakia. It has around 5,300 inhabitants. The well-preserved medieval town built above important gold mines is the site of the oldest still-working mint in the world. Name The name is derived from Slovak '' ...

Kremnické Bane Kremnické Bane (; ) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population w ...

Kunešov Kunešov (; ) is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village once belonged to the German language island of Hauerland but the majority of the German population was exp ...

* Ladomeská Vieska * Lehôtka pod Brehmi * Lovča *

Lovčica-Trubín Lovčica-Trubín () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland ...

* Lúčky *

Lutila Lutila () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1467. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 29 ...

Nevoľné Nevoľné () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia, 6 kilometres from Kremnica town. The village is mentioned first in archive documents in 1487. Notable people * Blažej ...

Pitelová Pitelová () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the ...

* Prestavlky *

Prochot Prochot () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the n ...

* Repište *

Sklené Teplice Sklené Teplice (, ) is a small spa village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It is close to the historic town of Banská Štiavnica. History In historical records the village was me ...

* Slaská *

Stará Kremnička Stará Kremnička () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Polan ...

Trnavá Hora Trnavá Hora () is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to ...

Vyhne Vyhne () is a village in the Žiar nad Hronom District, which is part of the Banská Bystrica Region in central Slovakia. Geography Vyhne is located in the Štiavnické vrchy mountains, near the historic town of Banská Štiavnica. A nature reser ...

Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, , ; until 1920 ''Svätý Kríž'' and until 1955 ''Svätý Kríž nad Hronom'') is a city in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Name development The name of the settlement has gone through multiple developments. P ...

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