Kráľovský Chlmec

Kráľovský Chlmec ( until 1948 slovak " Kráľovský Chlumec "; Hungarian Királyhelmec ) is a city in the south-eastern Slovakia.

General Information and Location

The inhabited mainly by Hungarians city is divided into the place Fejséš as well as the actual place Kráľovský Chlmec.

It lies in the southern part of the East Slovakian Lowland in the field of so-called Medzibodrožie, which is circled by the rivers Tisza and Bodrog Latorica. The Hungarian border is about four kilometers south of the urban area; the Ukrainian border is about seven miles to the east.

History

Kráľovský Chlmec 1214 was mentioned for the first time as Helmelyz; the place was at the foot of a medieval castle. However, the settlement of the area took place before, one of the largest Slavic grave mound can be found here.

In 1361 it came to the influx of German settlers, but they were madjarisiert slowly during the Tatar invasions.

1918, the city came under the Treaty of Trianon of the newly created Czechoslovakia, by the Vienna Award but it was between 1938 to 1945 a part of Hungary.

Attractions

• Remains of the castle ruins Čonkovar
• Reformed Church tolerance of 1787 ( extended in 1900 and the pseudo- transformed )
• Originally Gothic, Baroque style later Catholic Church
• Synagogue of 1840

See also

• Eastern Slovakia