The settlement got its name after the creek Biela (1228 torrens Bela, now Starý potok), in Slovak "white".

King Béla IV invited German miners from Banská Štiavnica and the village got the German name Dilln (Dyln, Dilln, Dylen).

The village suffered from Turkish raids during the Ottoman wars.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).

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