| Banská Belá | |
| Other Name: | Bélabánya |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Banská Štiavnica District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Banská Belá in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Banská Belá in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.48°N 18.93°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1228 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.08 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 469 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 1161 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 966 15 |
| Area Code: | +421 45 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | BS |
Banská Belá (de|Dilln; hu|Bélabánya) is a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. It has a population of 1,234.
The settlement got its name after the creek Biela (1228 torrens Bela, now Starý potok), in Slovak "white".[4] The village founded on the creek was named Bana (a mine), later Biela Bana to distinguish between Banská Belá and Banská Štiavnica which was called also Bana.[4] The Hungarian name Feyerbanya and its variations are translations of the Slovak name.[4] The origin of the German name Dill is uncertain.[4]
The first written mention is probably terra nomine bela (1288), older sources mention also an unreliable record terra banensium (1156).[4]
The village arose by separation from Banská Štiavnica, but it was part of Banská Štiavnica again from 1873 to 1954.
King Béla IV invited German miners from Banská Štiavnica and the village got the German name Dilln (Dyln, Dilln, Dylen). The village suffered from Turkish raids during the Ottoman wars.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (sk|Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).