Svätý Peter

Svätý Peter (Slovak 1961-1990 " Dolny Peter"; German Sankt Peter, Hungarian Komáromszentpéter ) is a city and a municipality in Okres Komárno of Nitriansky kraj in southwestern Slovakia. 31 December 2011, 2730 residents were recorded.

Geography

The municipality is located in the hilly part of the Slovak Danube lowland, eight kilometers from Hurbanovo, and 15 kilometers from Komárno. In the surrounding hills grow some black locust forests and is created partly viticulture. Furthermore, the Aueböden offer a fertile ground for agriculture.

History

The oldest archaeological finds date to the Bronze Age one, next one found some tombs of the Celts. The present town was first mentioned in 1332 as Sanctus Petrus writing and belonged to the castle of Komárom. Got its name the place after the church and parish, which was dedicated to St. Peter. During the Turkish wars, the town was devastated in 1763 will be affected by an earthquake. In the 19th century there was a distillery, at the beginning of the 20th century a brick. Apart from agriculture, the population was engaged in pottery and fruit production.

Until 1919 the village in Komárom county of the Kingdom of Hungary belonged and came afterwards to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. 1938-1945 he was on the basis of the First Vienna Award once again part of Hungary. After 1945, some Hungarian inhabitants were resettled in so far almost purely Magyar village and Slovaks from Hungary, Yugoslavia and Romania moved to the village to. 2001 the municipality had a Magyar majority ( 73.6 %) and a Slovak minority ( 25.8 %).

1961-1990 the place as Dolny Peter was known as the attribute " Svätý " ( = holy ) was undesirable in communist Czechoslovakia.