Štvrtok na Ostrove
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Basic data | ||
State : | Slovakia | |
Kraj : | Trnavský kraj | |
Okres : | Dunajská Streda | |
Region : | Podunajsko | |
Area : | 13.066 km² | |
Residents : | 1,725 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 132 inhabitants per km² | |
Height : | 128 m nm | |
Postal code : | 930 40 | |
Telephone code : | 031 | |
Geographic location : | 48 ° 6 ' N , 17 ° 21' E | |
License plate : | DS | |
Kód obce : | 501913 | |
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Community type : | local community | |
Administration (as of November 2018) | ||
Mayor : | Péter Őry | |
Address: | Obecný úrad Štvrtok na Ostrove 454 93040 Štvrtok na Ostrove |
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Štvrtok na Ostrove (until 1927 in Slovak "Štvrtok"; German Loipersdorf or rarely Donnersmarkt , Hungarian Csütörtök ) is a municipality in south-western Slovakia . It is located on the Great Schüttinsel in the Danube lowlands , about 20 km from Bratislava .
The first written mention was in 1217 as Cheturthuc , then in 1241 as Leupsdorf . In the village there is a Romanesque church from the 13th century, which is dedicated to St. Jacob . The originally German-speaking Loipersdorf was wiped out by the Turks in 1526.
According to the 2001 census, the place had 1679 inhabitants, of which 83% Magyars, 12% Slovaks and 5% Roma and others.
Culture
Individual evidence
- ↑ József Liszka, Thoughts on the “Bratislava Ethnic Model”, in: Elka Tschernokoshewa, Ines Keller (ed.), Dialogic Encounters. Minorities - majorities from a hybridological perspective (Münster 2011) p. 275.