Veľký Kýr
Velky Kýr (until 1992 slovak " Milanovce " - to 1948 " Nitriansky Kýr "; Hungarian Nagykér ) a municipality in Nové Zámky Okres within the Nitriansky is kraj in Slovakia.
The place is located in the Danubian Lowland on the river Mala Nitra (old course of Nitra ), with the center at a height of 130 m nm It lies on the main road 64 and on the railway line Nové Zámky - Prievidza, 11 km north of Šurany and 16 km south of Nitra away.
The territory of the municipality has been inhabited since the Stone Age. In the 1st century the Romans built here a watch tower, which lay at the leading through here Amber Road. The area was then inhabited by Avars and Slavs, before it was conquered in the 10th century by the Magyars. At the ancient Hungarian tribe Kér, who settled here still reminds us of the place-name.
The town itself was first mentioned in 1113 as Ker writing and first belonged to the monastery of Zobor, since the year 1349 until the abolition of serfdom (1848 ) the place where the Archdiocese of Gran during the Turkish wars was repeatedly devastated.
Until 1918 the town belonged in Neutra county of the Kingdom of Hungary, then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. 1938-45 he was on the basis of the First Vienna Award again in Hungary. 1942 united the place Velky Kýr with the place Maly Kýr (then Hungarian Kisker ) to the new location Nitriansky Kýr (then Nyitrakér ). In 1948, the place name in accordance with Milan Rastislav Stefanik was changed from national political reasons Milanovce before the town was renamed in 1992 after a petition from the residents in Velky Kýr.
The population is, according to the Census 2001 (3.069 inhabitants) from 64.3 % Hungarians, 35.3% Slovaks, and others. Almost all residents ( 97.7 %) reported their religious affiliation as Roman Catholic.