The word was first recorded as
brençe, described as "
Vlach cheese", in the Croatian port of
Dubrovnik in 1370. Bryndza was first recorded in the Slovak
counties of Hungary in 1470 and in the adjacent Polish region of
Podhale in 1527. In Slovakia, bryndza is regarded as a typically Slovak product and it is one of the main ingredients in the national dish
bryndzové halušky. The modern version of the soft spreadable bryndza is believed to have been developed by entrepreneurs from Stará Turá (Western Slovakia) toward the end of the 18th century. They founded bryndza manufactures in mountainous regions of Central and Northern Slovakia, where local sheep cheese manufacturing had deep roots. They traded bryndza and popularized it all around the Austrian
Habsburg monarchy. In Austria, it was called
Liptauer, after the northern Slovak Liptov region. The Viennese speciality Liptauer, a savoury cheese-based spread, has replaced bryndza with common cows' milk cottage cheese because the original Slovak bryndza disappeared from Austrian market after the
Dissolution of Austria-Hungary. ==Geographical indications==