Brieštie (german: Bries or ; hu, Berestyénfalva, until 1889 ) is a
village and
municipality in
Turčianske Teplice District
Turčianske Teplice District (''okres Turčianske Teplice'') is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia.
Until 1920, the district was part of Turóc County, Kingdom of Hungary.
Municipalities
* Abramová
* Blažovce
* Bodorová
...
in the
Žilina Region of northern central
Slovakia. A former german village of
Hadviga is now part of the village.
History
In
historical records the
village was first mentioned in 1392. Before the establishment of independent
Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of
Turóc County
Turóc ( Hungarian, historically also spelled ''Túrócz''), , /''comitatus Thurociensis'', ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Slovakia, where the corresponding Slovak name ...
within the
Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the
Slovak Republic
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
The village once belonged to the German language island of
Hauerland
Hauerland (also called ''Kremnitz-Deutschprobener Sprachinsel'') is the German name for a region presently located in central Slovakia once inhabited by Carpathian Germans. Arisen from medieval ''Ostsiedlung'' population movements, it belonged to ...
but the majority of the German population was expelled at the end of
World War II.
[William Richter, Deutsche Sprachinseln in der Slowakei
mit Fokus auf das Hauerland – Vergangenheit,
Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, Vol. 20 (2021), p.265-266]
Geography
The
municipality lies at an
altitude of 580 metres and covers an
area of 11.175 km². It has a
population of about 159 people.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bytca, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1730-1897 (parish B)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1896 (parish B)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
External links
Surnames of living people in Briestie
Villages and municipalities in Turčianske Teplice District
Turiec
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