Beňuš | |
Other Name: | Benesháza |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Brezno District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beňuš in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Beňuš in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.83°N 19.77°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1380 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 26.78 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 544 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 1151 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 976 64 |
Area Code: | +421 48 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | BR |
Beňuš (de|Beneschhau; hu|Benesháza; la|Benesium) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1380 (Beneshawa) as a mining village, in 1563 it is mentioned as a free woodmen's village. In the 14th century, some Germans established here (from I. Lasslob "Deutsche Ortsnamen in der Slowakei"). In 1563 it belonged to Banská Bystrica’s Mining Chamber. In 1642, members of Bloom federation hosted the vystružovanie dier strany. Only the tablets of zadky were left standing.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"