Čerín

Čerín Cserény
Municipality
Church of St. Martin in Čerín
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Coordinates: 48°40′N 19°15′E / 48.67°N 19.25°E / 48.67; 19.25
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Banská Bystrica District
First mentioned	1300
Government
• Mayor	Pavel Kmeť
Area [1]
• Total	11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	395 m (1,296 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	459
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	974 01[2]
Area code	+421 48[2]
Car plate	BB
Website	www.cerin.sk

Čerín (German: Fanischhain; Hungarian: Cserény) is a village and municipality of the Banská Bystrica District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1300 (as Cheren), when it belonged to a certain Paul, brother of Demeter, count of Zvolen. The village later belonged to the town of Zvolen and to the castle of Vígľaš. In the 16th century, it had to pay tributes to the Ottoman Empire.

Established in 1315 is located on lightly fortified area on the higher ground above the village. According to chronicles, it was the Paul from Veľký Krtíš that decreed its build. The wooden bell tower comes from 17th century. The wooden ceiling of the church is decorated by tiles with colorful geometric shapes which makes it unusual and extraordinary among other Christian churches. Its oldest decoration comes from the 14th century and beside traditional Christian thematics it is decorated also by a wooden balcony which is in recent years being reconstructed, mainly the harpsichord organ.^[clarify] The altar is of Barok style and comes from 1744. The former altar made by a carpenter from Kremnica that comes from year 1483 was transferred to Budapest.

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