Jarovce
Jarovce ( German Croatian - year village, previously Kroatisch-Jarendorf/Kroatisch-Jándorf etc., Hungarian Horvátjárfalu, Croatian Hrvatski Yes ( h) ndrof ) is a city in western Slovakia, and since 1 January 1972 a city district of Bratislava. There are here two border crossings between Austria ( Kittsee ) and Slovakia (Bratislava - Jarovce ), among others, the D4 motorway.
Geography
The district lies to the south of the city center of Bratislava and has an area of 21.3 km ² 1 199 inhabitants ( 2001). The population is (2001) mainly from Slovakia and 20.4 % Croats. Smaller population minorities are Hungarians and German, as well as some Czechs. It is the only municipality in Slovakia, in which more than 20 % of the population are Croats.
History
The town was first mentioned in writing in 1208, at that time was located on the territory of the present-day village a village called Ban, 1424 Jerendorf name was first mentioned. This place fell into disrepair but probably in the 15th century, as in the western Danube Lowland raged a plague and one at that. Fights on the local area in the course of a war between the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus and the German Emperor Frederick III were discharged. In the first half of the 16th century, then migrated Croats and there was a settlement, the Croatian Village / Horváth falu was called. In the 18th century came back German and Hungary. Beginning of the 20th century lived here for 80% of Croats, 17% German, the rest were Hungarians. Until 1947 the village belonged to Hungary ( most of the time in the county Wieselburg / Moson ).
By 15 October 1947, the place was then awarded together with the neighboring villages Čunovo and Rusovce by the Paris Peace Conference of Czechoslovakia, according to the wishes of the Czechoslovak delegation to increase the Pressburg bridgehead for strategic reasons. He came in joint management with the neighboring Rusovce and only from 9 August 1950, the site became independent as part of the then existing Okres Bratislava Vidiek. Only after 1947 were Slovaks in the place and the rest of the population was assimilated, especially in the 1980s and 1990s, mostly. From the neighboring Rusovce some German were distributed to other parts of Slovakia, Austria and Germany around 1950. The few Czechs came to Jarovce his time in connection with the Border Guard Service of Czechoslovakia.
Attractions
The most important sight in the village is the city bone chamber, the so-called Karner and the Church of Saint Nicholas ( Roman Catholic) from 1765.
Staré Mesto - I | Podunajské Biskupice - II | Ružinov - II | Vrakuňa - II | Nové Mesto - III | Raca - III | Vajnory - III | Devin - IV | Devínska Nová Ves - IV | Dubravka - IV | Karlova Ves - IV | Lamač - IV | Záhorská Bystrica - IV | Čunovo - V | Jarovce - V | Petržalka - V | Rusovce - V
- District of Bratislava
- Okres Bratislava