Dolná Lehota

Village in Slovakia

48°50′N 19°30′E / 48.833°N 19.500°E / 48.833; 19.500CountrySlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictBreznoFirst mentioned1424Area

• Total55.44^[2] km² (21.41^[2] sq mi)Elevation

496^[3] m (1,627^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total689^[1]Postal code

976 98^[3]

Area code+421 48^[3]Car plateBRWebsitewww.dolnalehota.wbl.sk

Dolná Lehota (earlier Dolná Lehôtka; Hungarian: Alsószabadi) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

History

The village was founded in 1358 by a certain Peter from Predajná. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1424 (1424 Petwrlehota, 1455 Lehota Petri, 1464 Petrik Lahathaya, 1528 Inferior Lehota).

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1754-1938 (parish B)
Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1927 (parish B

References

^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html.
http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnalehota/dolna-lehota.html
Surnames of living people in Dolna Lehota

Municipalities of Brezno District