"Regarding the names, here is a liink to a Slovak web reference: http://vkmk.sk.neutrino.vasadomena.sk/storage/PoznajSvojeMestoBB.pdf (Page 2). Also, another question: Does Bystrica refer to one concrete river or just ""rapid river"" in general? (The name also exists in the Transylvanian town ""Beszterce/Bistrita""  "