Banský Studenec (German: Kohlbach, Goldbach; Hungarian: Tópatak) is a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1266 (Kulpach) as a German settlement.

It belonged to Banská Bystrica.

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

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