Čierny Balog

Čierny Balog

Feketebalog
Čierny Balog Feketebalog
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Čierny Balog Location of Čierny Balog in the Banská Bystrica Region Čierny Balog Location of Čierny Balog in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°45′N 19°40′E / 48.75°N 19.67°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Brezno District
First mentioned	1863
Area
• Total	147.10 km2 (56.80 sq mi)
Elevation	555 m (1,821 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	4,963
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	976 52
Area code	+421 48
Car plate	BR
Website	www.ciernybalog.sk

Čierny Balog (until 1888 also Balog or Čierny Hronec; Hungarian: Feketebalog) is a municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

History

The first written record of the settlement in the area dates back to 1607 when the Emperor Rudolf II. issued a decree to regulate the growing timber industry in the region. Čierny Balog arose in 1888 through a merger of thirteen villages, i.e., Balog, Krám, Dobroč, Dolina, Fajtov, Jánošovka, Jergov, Komov, Látky, Medveďov, Pustô, Vydrovo, and Závodie. Until 1918, it belonged to Austria-Hungary as part of Zólyom County (Slovak: Zvolenská stolica/Zvolenská župa: Zvolenská stolica). It played an important role during World War II as one of the centers of the anti-Fascist Slovak National uprising. By 2024 the largest village in the Banská Bystrica Region, it punches well above its weight due to the number of notable natives, as well as its cultural and natural heritage such as the Čierny Hron Railway and Dobroč Primeval Forest.

Notable natives

Jozef Dekrét Matejovie (* 1774 – † 1841), pioneer in forest restoration and founder of modern forestry
Róbert Albert Gottier (* 1897 – † 1968), functionary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, organizer of the anti-fascist movement and the Slovak National Uprising in Horehronie. Vice-President of the National Assembly (1945–1954)
Ladislav Ťažký (* 1924 – † 2011), prose writer, journalist, playwright, and screenwriter
Jozef Kliment (* 1928 – † 2007), agricultural expert and university professor
Anton Auxt (* 1931 – † 1987), educator and mathematician
Anton Dekrét (* 1932), mathematician and university educator
Peter Kováčik (* 1936), prose writer, playwright, and film screenwriter
Tibor Šagát, (* 1942), physician and politician

Twin towns – sister cities

Čierny Balog is twinned with:^[4]

Týniště nad Orlicí, Czech Republic

References

^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Partnerské mesto". ciernybalog.sk (in Slovak). Čierny Balog. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

Genealogical resources

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

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1656–1896 (parish A)

External links

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[area-1] "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[base_info-2] "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[3] "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[4] "Partnerské mesto". ciernybalog.sk (in Slovak). Čierny Balog. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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