Dolný Badín () is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Krupina District
Krupina District (''okres Krupina'') is a district in
the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was in the county of Kingdom of Hungary Hont County
Hont County was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom o ...
of 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
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 ...
.
History
The area of the village has been continuously inhabited by various peoples since the
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
period. In
historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1135 (1135 ''Badin, Badun'', 1391 ''Bagyon'') when it belonged to
Bzovík Castle.
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): 1800-1895 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1786-1895 (parish B)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
References
External links
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html.
*http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnybadin/dolny-badin.html
Surnames of living people in Dolny Badin
Villages and municipalities in Krupina District
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