Beňuš

Beňuš (German: Beneschhau; Hungarian: Benesháza, earlier Benyus; Latin: Benesium) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1380 (Beneshawa) as a mining village, in 1563 it is mentioned as a free woodmen’s village. In the 14th century, some Germans established here (from I. Lasslob "Deutsche Ortsnamen in der Slowakei"). In 1563 it belonged to Banská Bystrica’s Mining Chamber.