SvodÃn
Svodín ( until 1948 slovak " Seldin "; Seldin German, Hungarian Szőgyén ) is a municipality in Nové Zámky Okres of Nitriansky kraj in southwestern Slovakia, with 2574 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011).
Geography
The municipality is located in the hilly part of the Slovak Danube lowland, in the lower valley of Hron, just before it joins the Danube. South of Svodín there is a small water tank which is supplied by a derivation ditch. Svodín is located 27 kilometers from Štúrovo.
History
Svodín was created in 1925 by merger of two places: Maďarský Seldin (Hungarian Magyarszőgyén ) and Německy Seldin (Hungarian Németszőgyén ).
The town was first mentioned in 1156 as Scoudou writing. 1242 the old city during the Mongol invasions, was completely destroyed, and then came to a place so far Hungarian German, which was founded by German colonists coming. 1282 the German part is mentioned as Sceuden hospitum Theutonica, Hungarian, however, in 1287 as Ungarice villa Sceudem. Both places were again drawn from the 1295 Army Family Hunt - Poznan to suffer.
The Hungarian part changed its owners over the centuries. In 1427 the town was granted market rights and then developed as a market town. The main occupation was agriculture, early 20th century there was a brickyard.
The German part belonged to the end of the 19th century the archbishopric of Gran The original German inhabitants were largely assimilated by the Magyar population.
Both places in the county Gran belonged until 1919 to the Kingdom of Hungary and came afterwards to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. 1938-45 came the united community due to the First Vienna Award again to Hungary.
In Svodín is the most famous Neolithic circular grave system of Slovakia.