Štvrtok na Ostrove
| 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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| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
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.