Žarnovica District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in the

Banská Bystrica Region The Banská Bystrica Region (, ; , ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest of the eight regions by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystrica Region was established in 1923; its bord ...

of central

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Tekov, only a part of

Hodruša-Hámre Hodruša-Hámre () is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, ...

, namely Banská Hodruša in the east was part of Banská Štiavnica, an urban county on the territory of

Hont County Hont County was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller southern portion is part of Hungary. Today, in Slovakia Hont is the i ...

Municipalities

* Brehy *

* Horné Hámre * Hrabičov * Hronský Beňadik *

Kľak Kľak () is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia. History On January 21, 1945 the village was burned by Waffen-SS anti-partisan unit Edelweiss (anti-partisan unit), Edelweiss with help of Heim ...

* Malá Lehota * Nová Baňa * Orovnica * Ostrý Grúň * Píla * Rudno nad Hronom * Tekovská Breznica * Veľká Lehota * Veľké Pole * Voznica * Žarnovica * Župkov

References

Districts of Banská Bystrica Region {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub