Banska Bystrica
Slovakia · Banská Bystrica Region
Banska Bystrica is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Velka Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With approximately 76,000 inhabitants, Banska Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia. The present-day town was founded by German settlers who were invited by the Hungarian Arpad kings during the Middle Ages, but it was built upon a former Slavic/Slovak/Avar settlement. It became a part of Zolyom County after Hungarian conquest.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+2 · 8 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Banská Bystrica Region
- Main language
- Slovak
- On the map
- 48.74° N, 19.15° E
Near Banska Bystrica
- Poprad · 91 km away
- Szentendre · 118 km away
- Budapest · 138 km away
- Miskolc · 140 km away
- Oswiecim · 144 km away
- Brzezinka · 145 km away
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