| Hriňová | |
| Other Name: | Herencsvölgy |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Detva District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hriňová in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Hriňová in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.57°N 19.52°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Stano Stoudek |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1863 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 126.46 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 669 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 7045 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 962 05 |
| Area Code: | +421 45 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | DT |
Hriňová (de|Hrinau; hu|Herencsvölgy) is a town in the Detva District of central Slovakia.
The name is derived from a dialect word for horseradish.[4] sk|chren - a horseradish, dialect: hriň (noun), hriňová (fem. adjective).
The town is located on the Slatina river, under the Poľana mountains. It is located app. 13km (08miles) from Detva and 40km (30miles) from Zvolen. A dam is located above the town.
At first, the town was a part of Detva municipality, which arose in the 17th century. In 1891, Hriňová became a separate municipality from Detva. It has town status since 1 January 1989.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 8,289 inhabitants. 98.56% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.42% Czechs and 0.35% Roma.[5] The religious make-up was 88.85% Roman Catholics, 6.19% people with no religious affiliation and 2.10% Lutherans.[5]
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"