Číčov

Číčov (Hungarian Csicsó ) is a municipality in southern Slovakia in Okres Komárno.

It lies in the Danube plain ( Podunajská rovina ) at an altitude 111-114 meters in the southeastern part of the Rye Island near the Danube and the border with Hungary. The district Komárno is about 22 kilometers east of the town. More than 90 percent of the inhabitants are Hungarians. The municipality is divided into the main town and the local documents KEC ( KECS puszta ) and the Cross Dvor ( Kereszt majer ).

History

The local situation has been a place of settlement as early as the Neolithic period, at the time of the Scythians, Romans and Quadi. In 1172 he was first mentioned in writing as Sysou. 1526, the site was occupied by the Turks, they were 150 years the rulers. Until 1918, the city then part of the Kingdom of Hungary ( in the county Komárom ), after which he came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. After the First Vienna Award 1938 to 1945 he came again to Hungary, since the village is part of Czechoslovakia since 1993 or Slovakia.

Attractions

  • , used classicist castle from 1776, remodeled externally in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century after 1945 as a school
  • Roman Catholic Church Panny Márie Nanebovzatej of 1660
  • Classical Reformed Church from 1784
  • Former convent from 1889

Near the church is the nature reserve Číčovské mŕtve rameno which extends around a dead branch of the Danube with lowland forests around.

Gallery

Evangelical Church in the City

Catholic church in the village

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