Senec, Slovakia

Senec ( German Wartberg, Hungarian Szenc - to 1907 Szempc ) is a city in western Slovakia.

It is located approximately 25 kilometers north-east of Bratislava, is a local center of the district Senec and popular summer resort of Bratislava.

Sun lakes

Today Senec is a tourist center especially during the summer. The promotion of gravel and sand arose in Senec several lakes which today Slnečné jazerá be ( German literally means sun lakes) called. In addition to swimming, you can find many accommodation facilities, restaurants and camping in a recreational complex. It can convert almost all water sports are practiced. The local tennis hall is one of the most beautiful in Slovakia.

History

The town is an old settlement site. From the 7th and 8th centuries comes a Slavic- Avar tomb. In the 11th century there was a Romanesque monastery church.

The first source of evidence dates from 1252. Senec that time was part of the Herrenguts Šintava. Approximately 1480 Senec was granted market rights in 1714, the year the market right.

Since the 17th century Senec was one of the most important economic and commercial centers in the region.

1763 here, the Collegium was built Oeconomicum (a kind of University of Economics and School of State Administration forces) through an arrangement of Maria Theresa, the relocated after a fire in 1776 by ​​Tata.

Until 1918, the town belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to the newly created Czechoslovakia, by the First Vienna Award they came from 1938 to 1945 briefly back to Hungary.

In the earlier predominantly Hungarian city (1930: 3165 Hungary, 1934 Slovaks, 306 Jews, 70 German ) Slovak called Reemigranten from Hungary and Romania have settled after 1945.

Attractions

The old city image was largely destroyed by modern development.

Worth seeing is originally a fortified Gothic church from the first half of the 16th century, it was in 1740 in Baroque style. In addition, there is also a Renaissance building, the so-called "Turkish House ", from the 17th century, lived in the gentry. In the village there is also a small museum about the composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel, who worked here for a short time.

Boroughs

The city is divided into the districts of Senec and Svätý Martin, known districts are Cerveny majer and Horný dvor. Due to the location near the capital, Bratislava, new settlements were established such as Mlynský klin or Senec Gardens in recent years.