Bystrá, Brezno District

Bystrá (Hungarian Sebesér - to 1888 Bisztra ) is a town in central Slovakia with 194 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Brezno, kraj a circle of Banskobystrický and the traditional landscape Horehronie is counted.

Geography

The municipality is situated on the southern slopes of the Low Tatras in the local National Park. The town itself lies at the confluence of the coming of the East Štiavnička and the current flowing from north Bystrianka. The municipality then comprises a significant part of the valley Bystrá dolina and stopping short of the main ridge. The center is located at an altitude of 560 m nm and is 12 kilometers from Brezno and 40 km from Banska Bystrica.

The territory of Bystrá borders Horna Lehota in the northwest and north, Brezno in the northeast, Mýto pod Ďumbierom the east and Valaská in the southwest.

History

Bystrá was first mentioned in 1563 as Wistra writing and was built on the former territory of Horna Lehota. The settlement was located around some gold and silver mines ( 16th and 17th centuries ), moreover, the inhabitants were employed as woodcutters and charcoal burners. In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a hammer mill which pig iron from the area around Hronec, Pohronská Polhora and Tisovec processed. 1828 were counted 23 houses and 199 inhabitants. In the late 19th century, the residents worked almost exclusively in the ironworks of Podbrezová; In 1896, the municipality became independent.

Until 1918, belonged to the lying in the county Sohl place the Kingdom of Hungary and came after Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today.

From 1960 to 1990 Bystrá was part of the community Mýto pod Ďumbierom.

Population

According to the 2011 census lived in Bystrá 203 inhabitants, of whom 182 Slovaks, Moravians and two each a German, Croatian and Russine. 16 inhabitants did not know. 114 inhabitants belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of the 13 residents, two residents of the Old Catholic Church and a resident of the Seventh- day Adventist Church and the Greek Catholic Church; six inhabitants were of a different denomination. 43 residents were non-denominational and 23 inhabitants, the denomination has not been determined.

Results according to the census 2001 (201 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

• 94.03 % Slovaks
• 1.99% Czechs
• 1.49% German

After Confession:

• 66.67 % Roman Catholic
• 19.90% religious affiliation
• 6.97% Evangelical
• 3.48 % no answer
• 0.50% Greek Catholic

Attractions

• Chapel from 1816
• Bystrianska Cave, since 1968 show cave

Personalities

• František Švantner (1912-1950), Slovak writer