Telgárt (, called Švermovo in 1948–1990) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
Etymology The name originates from German Tiergarten (initially a hunting area, literally animal-garden). This name was adopted into Slovak as Telgárt. Between 1948 and 1990, the village was named Švermovo, after a Czech communist resistance fighter and participant in Slovak National Uprising, Jan Šverma. The Hungarian name, Garamfő, means "the spring/source of Hron", as the Hron river begins just a few kilometers east of Telgárt.
History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1326, in 1549 it was referred as Thygart.
Geography
The Hron river rises in the cadastral area of the village, under the Kráľova hoľa mountain.
Climate
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
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