Hurbanovo

Hurbanovo ( until 1948 slovak "Old Dala "; Altdala German, Hungarian Ógyalla ) is a town in Slovakia Nitriansky kraj.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 2.2 Religion
  • 8.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 8.2 On-site impacted

Geography

The city is located at an altitude of 115 m above sea-level and covers an area of ​​59.943 km ². Hurbanovo is located in the climatically warmest area of ​​the Danube lowlands south of the river Žitava about 12 km south of Nové Zámky and 15 km north of Komárno.

Climate

Population

The number of inhabitants is 8132nd Of these, 50.19 % Hungarian, 45.52 % Slovak and 0.7 % of Czech descent. Further 2.56 % belong to the ethnic group of Roma, their actual share but is significantly higher.

Population Development

Religion

Religious affiliation was in the year 2001:

  • 6253 Roman Catholic
  • 531 reformed
  • 218 Protestant
  • 110 Baptists
  • 20 Greek Catholic
  • 7 Jews

Districts

The two places are divided into 7 parts of communes:

  • Hurbanovo ( Ógyalla ) - 40.85 km ² Holanovo ( Hambpuszta )
  • Hurbanovo ( Ógyalla )
  • Konkol ( Nagykonkoly )
  • Vik ( Vékpuszta )
  • Zeleny Haj ( Zöldállás )
  • Bohatá ( Bagota )
  • Nová Trstená ( Margit Puszta )

History

The city was first mentioned in 1357 as Gyalla and then later transferred to 1920 the Hungarian name Ógyalla

In the Kingdom of Hungary, the town belonged to the Komorner County. Ógyalla was the administrative seat of the chair district Udvard.

In January 1919, the city troops of the newly formed Czechoslovakia was occupied in 1920 and was officially the Slovak name Stara Dala. In the 1920s created by the Slovak settlers heading the colony Zeleny Haj.

By the First Vienna Award, it was as Ógyalla from 1938 to 1945 again part of Hungary. The town was renamed in 1948 in honor of the Slovak writer Jozef Miloslav Hurban in Hurbanovo.

The Hungarian -born politician Ladislav Basternák was (Hungarian László Basternák, member of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition ) murdered, former mayor of the town in place on 9 July 2010.

On 16 June 2012, the 51 -year-old police chief Milan Juhász ran from the neighboring Svätý Peter amok in Hurbanovo he killing three people. He entrenched himself after the fact, up to his arrest in front of the house of Mayor Margita Zemková, but at the time was not home.

Attractions

  • Observatory Hurbanovo: Hurbanovo is well known for its astronomical observatory in 1871 by Miklós Konkoly - Thege - was founded - first as a private observatory. Today, the oldest observatory in Slovakia is run as a public observatory. The coat of arms of the city shows the observatory in schematic form.

Other historical monuments include:

  • The Catholic Church of St. Ladislaus
  • The Reformed Church
  • The classical manor
  • The hunting lodge
  • The Catholic Church of St. Anne in Bohata

Economy

In Hurbanovo the Zlatý Bažant brewery ( in German " Golden Pheasant "), which is part of the Heineken Group ( Heineken Slovensko as), a resident. Listed are s.r.o. Nuritech Slovensko ( a sister company of Samsung), DS Smith Slovakia (plastic), Namex sro (Food ), terbo s.r.o. (Manufacturer of plastic packaging ), Joalko a Jatka Hurbanovo sro

In Bohata is the work of the bicycle manufacturer Kenzel.

Traffic

The Hurbanovo railway station is on the railway line Komárom- Nové Zámky. Furthermore buses to Nove Zámky and Komárno.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Besse János Károly (1765-1841), Hungarian researchers
  • Jókai Mór (1825-1904), Hungarian writer and journalist
  • Árpád Feszty (1856-1914), Hungarian painter
  • Jozef Malovci (1933-1998), Slovak composer
  • Gabriela Dudeková ( b. 1968 ), historian

Worked on site

  • Miklós Konkoly - Thege (1842-1916), Hungarian astronomer
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