Čalovec

Čalovec (until 1948 Slovak "Mederč"; Hungarian Megyercs , formerly Megyeres ) is a municipality in the southwest of Slovakia with 1,161 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in Okres Komárno , part of the Nitriansky kraj .

geography

Landscape between Čalovec and the Violín settlement

The municipality is located in the Slovakian Danube lowlands , more precisely in the eastern part of the Great Schüttinsel . It is flanked to the east by the Kolárovo-Kameničná Canal. The municipality is flat, deforested and used intensively for agriculture. Located northwest of the capital, the nature reserve covers Dropie , set up to protect Great Bustards . The center of the village is at an altitude of 108 m nm and is 16 kilometers from Komárno and Kolárovo .

The settlement Violín , located three kilometers northwest of the main town, belongs to the municipality .

Neighboring communities are Kameničná in the north and east, Komárno ( Nová Stráž district ) in the south-east, Zlatná na Ostrove in the south, Okoličná na Ostrove in the west and Zemianska Olča in the north-west.

history

reformed Church

Čalovec is an important archaeological site, with finds from the Urnfield culture , a Celtic burial place, settlements from the Roman and Avar times and a Slavic settlement from the Moravian Empire .

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1268 as Megerch . Up until the 17th century, Komorn Castle was part of the estate , although it often pledged the village to landed gentry. Eight porta are recorded in 1549 . In 1699 the place came under the ownership of the Zichy family and smaller parts of the Demjén , Dancsy , Magyary and others. Up to the 19th century the landscape was characterized by large floodplains, which were suitable for fishing, but not for agriculture. Only through river regulations in the 19th century could large stretches of land be dried and converted into arable land.

Until 1918/1919 the place in Komorn County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. As a result of the First Vienna Arbitration Award , it was once again part of Hungary between 1938 and 1945.

After the Second World War, a population exchange took place in which 71 families emigrated to Hungary and were replaced by Hungarian Slovaks. In 1950 Čalovec was electrified. In 1965 the entire community was badly affected by the catastrophic flooding of the Danube . With help from what was then the ČSSR, Čalovec could be rebuilt.

population

According to the 2011 census, 1197 inhabitants lived in Čalovec, of which 743 Magyars, 303 Slovaks, seven Roma, six Czechs, two Germans and one Jew. 135 residents gave no information in this regard. 387 residents committed to the Roman Catholic Church, 264 residents to the Reformed Church, 27 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, eight residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses, six residents to the Greek Catholic Church, five residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church, three residents to the Old Catholic Church Church and one resident each to the Jewish community and to the Czechoslovak-Hussite church; two residents professed a different denomination. 252 residents had no denomination and the denomination was not determined for 241 residents.

Buildings

Former country residence of the Boschor family

Reformed church in the classical style from the beginning of the 19th century

traffic

Čalovec can be reached by three different 3rd order streets, with connections to the 2nd order road 573 in Kameničná, five kilometers away, and to the 1st order road 63 in Zlatná na Ostrove, six kilometers away.

There were two stops on the Komárno – Kolárovo railway line : one northeast of the main town, the other in the settlement of Violín. After the suspension of passenger traffic on the railway line in February 2003, both will no longer be used.

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak) ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 2011 census by denomination (Slovak) ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Čalovec - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak) ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[2] 2011 census by denomination (Slovak) ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )