Liptovský Peter
Liptovsky Peter (Slovak 1946-1960 " Liptovsky Svaty Peter" - to 1946 " Svätý Peter"; Hungarian Szentpéter ) is a municipality in the north of Slovakia with 1376 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), that of the Okres Liptovsky Mikulas, a part Žilinský heard and counted in the traditional landscape Liptau.
Geography
The municipality is located in the eastern Liptau, in the basin Podtatranská kotlina, more specifically in the part Liptovská kotlina. East of the city flows past the Bela, which belongs to the river system Waag. The 6.12 km ² large municipality area is largely deforested and covered by Au and brown soils. The center is located at an altitude of 681 m nm and is two kilometers from Liptovsky Hradok as well as 13 kilometers from Liptovsky Mikulas.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1286 as well as Zenthpetur Scentpeter writing and was one of the sons of Serefel, descendants of the ancestors and comes Bohumír Szentiványi family. The latter kept the village until 1848. Smaller parts belonged to the family of Pottornai Podtureň. After 1363, the village developed into a market town, but was soon downgraded to simple village. In 1709 the town was completely destroyed during the Rákóczi uprising.
1784 were counted 52 houses and 416 inhabitants in 1828 62 houses and 520 inhabitants. The inhabitants were mostly working as farmers, in the 19th century there were many masons who worked among others in Budapest.
Until 1918, belonged to the lying in the county Liptau place the Kingdom of Hungary and came after Czechoslovakia and Slovakia today. During the Second World War, the inhabitants took an active part in the Slovak National Uprising. The local LPG was founded in 1950.
From 1971 to 1992, the municipality was part of the town of Liptovsky Hradok.
Population
According to the 2011 census lived in Liptovsky Peter 1,362 inhabitants, of whom 1,119 Slovaks, 47 Roma, 27 Czechs, Magyars, three, two Poles and Moravians as well as one Russine, Serbian, Russian and Bulgarian. 158 inhabitants gave no information. 440 inhabitants known to the Protestant Church of the, 404 inhabitants to the Roman Catholic Church, twelve residents of the Greek Catholic Church, seven inhabitants to the Orthodox Church, five residents of United Methodist Church; all other denominations had less than five followers. 12 inhabitants were of a different denomination. 271 inhabitants were non-denominational and 203 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.
Results according to the census 2001 (1.348 inhabitants):
After Ethnicity:
- 95.70 % Slovaks
- 3.49% Czechs
- 0.15% Roma
- 0.07 % Magyars
- 0.07 % Rusyns
After Confession:
- 41.17 % Evangelical
- 31.97 % Roman Catholic
- 21.14% religious affiliation
- 3.26 % no answer
- 0.67% Greek Catholic
Structures
Sons and daughters of the town
- Čatloš Ferdinand (1895-1972), Minister of Defense of the First Slovak Republic
- Martin Martinček (1913-2004), Slovak Photographer