České Brezovo (1773: Cžeska Brezowa;^{[citation needed]} Hungarian: Csehberek, until 1899: Cseh-Brézó) is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

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České Brezovo
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Evangelical Church in České Brezovo
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Coordinates: 48°26′N 19°39′E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Poltár
First mentioned	1435
Area
• Total	38.66[1] km2 (14.93[1] sq mi)
Elevation	451[2] m (1,480[2] ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	433[3]
Postal code	985 03[2]
Area code	+421 47[2]
Car plate	PT
Website	www.ceskebrezovo.sk

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In historical records, the village was surely mentioned in 1435 (Brezow, Bryzow), but the existence of the village in the area is recorded from 1334 as belonging to Zách, Bosnyák and Szentiványi families. In 1834 János György Zahn [hu; sk] (Slovak: Ján Juraj Zahn) based a glasswork in Zlatno settlement.

In České Brezovo was born Bohuslav Tablic, one of the leaders of Slovak classicism. Village commemorates him with a memory plaque on a public library.

• František Krňan, mathematician
• Bohuslav Tablic, poet, translator, literary historian

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

• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1925 (parish A)

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia