Okoličná na Ostrove

Okoličná na Ostrove ( until 1948 slovak " disgust "; Hungarian disgust ) is a municipality in south-western Slovakia with 1534 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011), which belongs to Okres Komárno, a part of the Nitriansky kraj.

Geography

The municipality is located in the Slovak Danube lowland on the river island Žitný ostrov. The almost 30 km ² municipal area is flat, deforested and covered by alluvial soils. Two channels, namely the Komárňanský kanál and Dropi kanál extend north of the main town with about a kilometer away. The center is located at an altitude of 113 m nm and is 15 kilometers from Velky Meder, and 20 kilometers from Komárno.

Administratively divided the community into the parts Okoličná na Ostrove and Štúrová (Hungarian Margit Major). Apart from the official parts of the municipality are still settlements as Margita Okoličná na Ostrove - Lúky, Tulipán and Viharos.

History

Okoličná na Ostrove was for the first time in 1229 as Ekly. mentioned in writing. In the period from the 13th to the 17th century the village belonged to various nobles, partly to the monastery of Pannonhalma. For a long time the family ekli was the largest owner, but began to disappear at the end of the 15th century.

1787 were counted 78 houses and 661 inhabitants. As previously changed hands frequently and the village was dismembered.

Until 1919 part of which is in the county Komárom place the Kingdom of Hungary and was then Czechoslovakia or Slovakia today. On the basis of the First Vienna Award, it was 1938-45 again in Hungary.

After reintegration into Czechoslovakia in 1946 59 families from the village to Bohemia as well as 13 families were deported as part of a population exchange with Hungary. After 1948, the deported to Bohemia families returned. 1965 destroyed the Danube flood a third of the village, in the reconstruction helped residents of Blatná na Ostrove, Kutná Hora and Lučenec.

Population

Results according to the census 2001 (1.461 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

• 88.64 % Magyars
• 10.40 % Slovaks
• 0.68% Czechs

After Confession:

• 56.61 % Roman Catholic
• 10.34% religious affiliation
• 2.05% Evangelical
• 0.62 % no answer

Attractions

• Reformed Church from 1804
• Roman Catholic Church in the classical style from 1816