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Brehy (German: Hochwald, Hohenmaut, Hochstein; Hungarian: Magasmart, earlier Magospart) is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia.
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Map of 968 01 Brehy, Slovakia
History
In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1283 when German colonists arrived here for overworking local mines of silver (from I. Lasslob "Deutsche Ortsnamen in der Slowakei") In 1339 the King gave the village to the Sz. Elizabeth Hospital in Nová Baňa, in 1601 it passed to the noble Dóczy family.
References
Brehy, Žarnovica District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA