Veľké Leváre
Veľké Leváre (up to 1927 Slovak " Velké Leváry "; German wholesale shooters, Hungarian Nagylévárd, latin Magno - Levardinum ) is a municipality in western Slovakia.
Location
It is located in the region Zahorie in the lowlands Záhorská nížina on the river bank Rudava, about 7 km north of the western Slovak city of Malacky. Nearby the village there are the Austrian border in the west and the military training area Zahorie in the east. Traffic Technically it is served by the main road I / 2, and a station on the railway line Bratislava - Kúty - Břeclav.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1377 ( in 1380 known as Lever). The place was built as a border post. In the 16th century it came to the influx of Croats and especially of Hutterites (also Haban ). The latter gave the town the name of Germany, and lived in so-called brother yards (including house or have Habanerhöfe ) with 35 mud houses, a water-powered mill and a school. The local Habanerhof is mostly still there and in 1972 declared an architectural monument. Since 1744 the place had the status of a market town; this was in 1803 but revoked.
The proportion of Anabaptists was initially very strong, but declined over the centuries. So the community had in 1900 nurmehr a small German population against the Slovak majority.
Personalities
- Gustav Brom (1921-1995), musician
- Ladislav Slovák (1909-1990), Slovak conductor