Ostrý Grúň () is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia.
History The village was massacred and burned down in January 1945 by the Nazi anti-partisan unit Edelweiss, after the suppression of the Slovak National Uprising.Žišková-Moroňová, K. a kolektív: Dejiny Slovenského národného povstania 1944 – 5. zväzok. Bratislava, Nakladateľstvo Pravda 1985, s. 367 – 368 (In Slovak)
Geography It is part of the Vtáčnik mountain range, within the Slovak Central Mountains.
Population
It has a population of people (31 December ).
Ethnicity
Religion
In 2011, 86% of the population identified as Slovak. The religious makeup was 75.6% Roman Catholic and 4.2% unaffiliated.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities Ostrý Grúň is twinned with: Kandanos, Greece (since 1987)
References
External links http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html