Heľpa | |
Other Name: | Helpa |
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 Heľpa in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Heľpa in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.87°N 19.97°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1551 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 41.70 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 660 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 2411 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 976 68 |
Area Code: | +421 48 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | BR |
Heľpa (de|Helpach an der Gran; hu|Helpa) 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 1549. In 1551 it Walachian settlers established here and Walachian Law was applied. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Heľpa was part of Gömör and Kishont County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 31 January 1945, the Red Army and the Romanian Army entered Heľpa and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"