Jelka

Jelka (Hungarian Joka ) is a municipality in western Slovakia with 3917 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011).

Geography

The municipality is located in the Danubian Lowland, on the banks of the Little Danube, 19 km southwest of Galanta.

History

The first written mention of the village as Ilka comes from the year 1197, it was owned by the family Ilka. In the 13th century it was even mentioned as Ilka, Iolka and also as Jelka. His first Roman Catholic church was built about the year 1250. Since 1353 it belonged to the Poor Clares of Óbuda. Since the 16th century it was called Nagy Joka, its neighboring villages as Kis Joka and Újhelyjóka ( Nová Jelka ) mentioned that all three were independent villages and owned by the families Farkas, Takács and Udvarnoki. Middle of the 19th century had Nagy Joka and Kis Joka together 2341 inhabitants (1730 Catholics, 322 Lutherans, 243 Jews and 46 Protestant ). In 1910 had 2494 predominantly Hungarian population. The village belonged until 1918 in Pressburg county of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1944, its Jewish population, 250 residents were deported to concentration camps.

After the end of World War I, she came as a result of the Treaty of Trianon to Czechoslovakia, from 1938 to 1945 she was on the basis of the First Vienna Award in turn a part of Hungary. After the end of World War II it was then reconnected Czechoslovakia and since 1993 has been a part of Slovakia. In 1960, the formerly independent village Nová Jelka lost its independence and the community Jelka was affiliated.

Population

According to the 2011 census lived in Jelka 1,592 inhabitants, of whom 2,314 Magyars, 1,396 Slovaks, 127 Roma, Czechs nine, eight German, three Russian women, two Croats and one each pole and Ukrainians; four residents were of other ethnicity. 41 inhabitants did not know. 3,151 inhabitants belonged to the Jehovah's Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church AB 204 inhabitants, 162 inhabitants to the Reformed Church, 22 inhabitants to the witness, 19 inhabitants to the United Methodist Church, 11 inhabitants to the Baptists; all other confessions had less than ten believers and 11 other residents were not listed in the statistics denomination. 192 inhabitants were non-denominational and 111 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.

Results according to the census 2001 (3.864 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

• 68.37 % Magyars
• 28.11 % Slovaks
• 2.82% Roma
• 0.18% German
• 0.18% Czechs

After Confession:

• 84.21 % Roman Catholic
• 6.03% Evangelical
• 3.83% no religious affiliation
• 0.83 % no answer
• 0.16% Greek Catholic

Attractions

• Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist was built about the year 1250 in the Romanesque style, in 1756 rebuilt in Baroque style. Its main altar is in 1697.
• Farkas Castle was built in 1800 in classic style
• The castle, which is located next to the Catholic church was built in 1847 in classic style. The building now serves as a school.
• Water mill was built in 1884
• Reformed Church was built in 1930
• Lutheran church was built in 1971

Sons and daughters of the town

• Dénes Barsi (* July 7, 1905; † January 5, 1968 in Dunaújváros ) Hungarian writer
• Anikó Mikola ( born July 29, 1944) Hungarian poet
• Károly Fellinger Hungarian poet