Banská Belá (; ) is a village and

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in the

Banská Štiavnica District Banská Štiavnica District (; ) is a 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 north, Ukraine to the ea ...

, 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

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. It has a population of 1,234.

Names and etymology

The settlement got its name after the creek ''Biela'' (1228 ''torrens Bela'', now Starý potok), in Slovak "white".Martin Štefánik - Ján Lukačka et al. 2010, Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku, Historický ústav SAV, Bratislava, p. 20, . http://forumhistoriae.sk/-/lexikon-stredovekych-miest-na-slovensku The village founded on the creek was named ''Bana'' (a mine), later ''Biela Bana'' to distinguish between Banská Belá and

Banská Štiavnica Banská Štiavnica (; ; , ) is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of ...

which was called also Bana. The Hungarian name ''Feyerbanya'' and its variations are translations of the Slovak name. The origin of the German name ''Dill'' is uncertain. The first written mention is probably ''terra nomine bela'' (1288), older sources mention also an unreliable record ''terra banensium'' (1156).

History

The village arose by separation from

, but it was part of Banská Štiavnica again from 1873 to 1954. King

Béla IV Béla may refer to: * Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater * Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name See also * Bela (disambiguation) * Belá (disambiguation) * Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá may refer to: Places in the Cze ...

invited

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miners from

and the village got the

name Dilln (''Dyln, Dilln, Dylen''). The village suffered from Turkish raids during the Ottoman wars.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...

(). * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1688-1895(parish A) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1678-1905(parish B)

References

External links

Surnames of living people in Banska Bela
Villages and municipalities in Banská Štiavnica District {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub