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Village in Slovakia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Čierny Balog | |
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Village | |
![]() Station of the Čierny Hron Railway, a narrow gauge railway | |
Location of Čierny Balog in the Banská Bystrica Region | |
Coordinates: 48°45′N 19°40′E | |
Country | Slovakia |
Region | Banská Bystrica |
District | Brezno |
First mentioned | 1545 |
Area | |
• Total | 147.10[1] km2 (56.80[1] sq mi) |
Elevation | 555[2] m (1,821[2] ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 5,011[3] |
Postal code | 976 52[2] |
Area code | +421 48[2] |
Car plate | BR |
Website | ciernybalog |
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.
Čierny Balog is twinned with:[4]
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