The oldest known written mention of Brezno is in a document of King Bela IV. from 1265
In 1380, the Hungarian King Louis I (Great) Anjou granted the city of Brezno city privileges
The name of the town of Brezno was first used by Ferdinand I of Habsburg in a document from 1560, which resolved the dispute between the town and the surrounding castle estates.
INTERESTING FACTS FROM HISTORY
The oldest material document found in Brezno and so far the largest local archaeological find is 14 bronze shoulder straps and two bronze cups, timed to the period 1250 - 700 BC. Cr. They can be considered one of the largest bronze finds in Horehronius; were accidentally found r. 1882 during excavation works in the Banisko pri Brezne locality.
Other bronze finds in and around Brezno; an ax found on the square in Brezno, a leaf spear from Podbrezová, an ax from Krám, bronze finds from the fortified settlement in Germany testify to the high role of late bronze bronze making in central Slovakia.
The oldest written source about the territory on which the town was later founded is a document from 1265 intended for a Liptov settler, which was ruled by King Belo IV. delimited the space of their hunting
In 1517 the city was looted and burned; it was reduced to ashes and with it the first sacral monument - a wooden church on the square
The name of the town of Brezno was used for the first time in a document from 1560, which resolved the dispute between the city and the surrounding castle estates.
The most famous figure in Breznian history is Bombura, an armed knight in the city emblem, to whom legends credit for saving the city from the Turks.
The blackest day in the history of the town is April 9, 1779, when 113 houses, the church in Dúbravka, the parish, the town hall, an inn, a brewery and three of the four gates of the town fortifications burned down in a fire.
The oldest preserved city symbol is a seal from the 17th century and a city flag from 1896, the current form of the coat of arms is known from 1627, when the heraldic symbols were described in the list of privileges of the city.
In January 2005, during the construction of Tesco in Brezno, crumb material from a larger settlement complex dated to the Late Bronze Age was discovered and assigned to the Lusatian culture.
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