Osrblie
Sign in to saveOsrblie () is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village is best known for biathlon races, with Biathlon World Cup events taking place since the mid-1990s and with one Biathlon World Championships in 1997. It also hosted the biathlon event at the 2015 Winter Universiade.
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- Osrblie
- Slovak place.other_name
- Cserpatak
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Panoráma Osrblie.jpg
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- Osrblie-brezno-flag.svg
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- Region
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- District
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- Brezno District
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- Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
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- 1
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- Location of Osrblie in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Osrblie in Slovakia
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- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1622
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 585
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- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 976 45
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 48
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- BR
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Osrblie () is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. The village is best known for biathlon races, with Biathlon World Cup events taking place since the mid-1990s and with one Biathlon World Championships in 1997. It also hosted the biathlon event at the 2015 Winter Universiade.
==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1580, although it was established much sooner, around the second half of the 15th century, with the reference to the iron ore mining, which lasted until the 19th century.
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