Beňuš (german: Beneschhau; hu, Benesháza; la, Benesium) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1380 (''Beneshawa'') as a mining village, in 1563 it is mentioned as a free woodmen's village. In the 14th century, some Germans established here (from I. Lasslob "''Deutsche Ortsnamen in der Slowakei''"). In 1563 it belonged to

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...

’s Mining Chamber.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1656–1896 (parish A)

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070427022352/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html *http://benus.host.sk/ *http://benus.sk
Surnames of living people in Benus
Villages and municipalities in Brezno District {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub

History

Genealogical resources

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