| Banská Belá | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Banská Bystrica |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Banská Štiavnica |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Banská Belá in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.475°N 18.935°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1228 |
| Area Total Km2: | 28.6 |
| Elevation M: | 480 |
| Population As Of: | 2004-12-31 |
| Population Total: | 1234 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 966 15 |
| Area Code: | +421-45 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | BS |
| Website: | www.banskabela.ocu.sk |
| Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity (2011) |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Slovak |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 91% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Roma |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.5% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Czech |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Others |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Unreported |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 8% |
| Demographics Type2: | Population by religion (2011) |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Roman Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 64.7% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Lutheran |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 8.9% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.8% |
| Demographics2 Title6: | Non-religious |
| Demographics2 Info6: | 13% |
| Demographics2 Title7: | Unreported |
| Demographics2 Info7: | 10.6% |
Banská Belá (German: Dilln; Hungarian: 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".[3] 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.[3] The Hungarian name Feyerbanya and its variations are translations of the Slovak name.[3] The origin of the German name Dill is uncertain.[3]
The first written mention is probably terra nomine bela (1288), older sources mention also an unreliable record terra banensium (1156).[3]
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 (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).