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České Brezovo

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Municipality
	Evangelical Church in České Brezovo
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	České Brezovo Location of České Brezovo in the Banská Bystrica Region České Brezovo Location of České Brezovo in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°26′N 19°39′E / 48.43°N 19.65°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Poltár District
First mentioned	1435
Area
• Total	38.67 km2 (14.93 sq mi)
Elevation	451 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	443
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	985 03
Area code	+421 47
Car plate	PT
Website	www.ceskebrezovo.sk

České Brezovo (1773: Cžeska Brezowa;^{[citation needed]} Hungarian: Csehberek, until 1899: Cseh-Brézó) is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

History

In historical records, the village was surely mentioned in 1435 (Brezow, Bryzow), but the existence of the village in the area is recorded from 1334 as belonging to Zách, Bosnyák and Szentiványi families. In 1834 János György Zahn [hu; sk] (Slovak: Ján Juraj Zahn) based a glasswork in Zlatno settlement. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, České Brezovo was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

Culture

In České Brezovo was born Bohuslav Tablic, one of the leaders of Slovak classicism. Village commemorates him with a memory plaque on a public library.

Notable personalities

František Krňan, mathematician
Bohuslav Tablic, poet, translator, literary historian

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1925 (parish A)

References

^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.