Nesvady

Nesvady ( until 1948 slovak " Nasvad "; Hungarian Naszvad ) is a village in the south of Slovakia in Nitriansky kraj, Okres Komárno on the banks of the river Nitra ( Neutra ). Currently, the site has about 5,000 inhabitants.

History and name

The area is an old settlement site. There are finds from the Neolithic, Eneolithic, to the Bronze Age, as well as settlements from the Hallstatt period, La Tène period, the Roman period and early Slavic period.

The village was mentioned in documents in 1269 for the first time as a novelty Naswod. 1311 the place was occupied by Matthew Csák and 1416 it was awarded the Town Charter. 1554 the Turks devastated the place. Until 1918 it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, afterwards to the newly formed Czechoslovakia in between briefly again from 1938 to 1945 for Hungary ( result of the First Vienna Award ).

The Hungarian name Nas ( z) vad derives from the Slavic / Slovak - used as the official name since 1948 - Name Nesvady (cf. Polish Swadna, Niewadovo etc. ) by the -y eliminated regularly in the Hungarian language and the is replaced by -a- regular -e- due to vowel harmony.

Population

In the village are now living next Slovaks 58.97 % Hungarians and 4.65 % Roma. Part of the Magyars was replaced after the Second World War as part of the Czechoslovak- Hungarian population exchange Slovaks from Hungary.

The main denominations are Roman Catholic (60 %, mostly Hungary) and Evangelical Lutheran (27%, meantime, moved mostly from Hungary as part of the population exchange Slovaks ).

Economy

The economy is characterized by predominantly classic agricultural production, such as cereal cultivation and animal husbandry. Since the turn of the vegetables are processed at the site. The nearby town of Nové Zámky and the district capital draw about 40 % of the population of the pendulum work.

Structure

The place is divided into the following four districts:

• Anala (Hungarian Anyala )
• Aňalské Záhradky
• Nesvady
• Sady