Rohovce

Rohovce ( until 1948 slovak " VeLka Sarva "; Hungarian Nagyszarva ) is a municipality in south-western Slovakia with 1193 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). It belongs to Okres Dunajská Streda, a part of the Trnavský kraj.

Geography

The municipality is located on the Great Rye Island, part of the Slovak Danube lowlands near the main channel of the Danube hydropower plant Gabčíkovo. The municipality is flat with fertile soil. The center is located at an altitude of 123 m nm and is eight kilometers from Šamorín, and 16 kilometers from Dunajská Streda away.

Neighboring municipalities are Trnavka in the north, Blatná na Ostrove in the northeast and east, in the southeast of Horny Bar, Vojka nad Dunajom in the south, southwest and Báč Kyselica in the west.

History

Rohovce was first mentioned in 1250 as Zarva writing in the Middle Ages also comes the name Sanctus Andreas ( 1309) before. The village belonged to various noble families: the Middle Ages lived here the Earl of St. Georgen and Bösing. From the gentry were the families Sárkány, Illésházy, Batthyány and Pongrácz. The former built in the 15th century moated castle, which received 1570 and finally in 1730 its present country castle-like appearance.

Until 1919 belonged to the county located in the Bratislava city of 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.

The Hungarian name Nagyszarva literally means "Big Horn ". 1948 derived from the Hungarian name VeLka Sarva was in Rohovce ( means " horn - village" ) changed.

Population

According to the 2011 census lived in Rohovce 1,192 inhabitants, of whom 852 Magyars, 204 Slovaks, Roma seven, five Czechs, three Russians and a Ukrainian; five residents were of other ethnicity. 115 inhabitants did not know. 895 residents pleaded with the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of the 24 residents, 19 residents to the Reformed Church, four inhabitants of the Greek Catholic Church and three residents to the Orthodox Church; five inhabitants were of a different denomination. 100 inhabitants were non-denominational and 142 inhabitants, the denomination is not determined.

Results of the census 2001 (1.037 inhabitants):

After Ethnicity:

  • 87.66 % Magyars
  • 11.57 % Slovaks
  • 0.29% Czechs
  • 0.10% Moravians
  • 0.10% Roma
  • 0.10% Ukrainians

After Confession:

  • 86.50 % Roman Catholic
  • 10.70% religious affiliation
  • 0.96% Evangelical
  • 0.10 % no answer
  • 0.10 % Orthodox

Structures

  • Roman Catholic church of St. Andrew built in the 13th century, originally Romanesque, Gothic designed in the 15th century and finally Baroque style in the 18th century
  • Country baroque palace with a park
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