Šurany
| Šurany | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Nitriansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Nové Zámky | ||
| Region : | Nitra | ||
| Area : | 59.812 km² | ||
| Residents : | 9,659 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 161 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 123 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 942 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 35 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 3 ' N , 18 ° 12' E | ||
| License plate : | NZ | ||
| Kód obce : | 503592 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Urban area structure: | 3 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Marek Oremus | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Šurany Námestie hrdinov 1 94201 Šurany |
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| Website: | www.surany.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Šurany (until 1927 in Slovak “Veľké Šurany”; Hungarian Nagysurány ; German Schuran ) is a city in southern Slovakia .
geography
location
The city is located about 10 km north of Nové Zámky on the right of the Neutra River and on the left of the Little Neutra at an altitude of 120 m to 125 m.
The neighboring communities are in the north Lipová , in the east Úľany nad Žitavou , in the south Bánov and in the west Palárikovo ( upper market ).
population
According to the results of the census (2001) 97.3% were Slovaks , 0.8% Magyars , 0.6% Czech and 0.3% Roma and Sinti . The majority is Roman Catholic with 80%, 14.8% are without confession, 1.2% Protestant, another 3.3% did not provide any information.
structure
The districts Kostolný Sek and Nitriansky Hrádok were incorporated in 1976. Today there are the following districts:
- Center
- Nitriansky Hrádok
- Kostolný sec
- Nový Svet
- Kopec
- Sídlisko MDŽ
history
It was mentioned for the first time in 1183 as villa Suran and was occupied by the Turks from 1683 to 1684. After the castle was razed in 1725 , the town was given the status of a royal town with market rights in 1832.
Until 1918 the city belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . She came back to Hungary for a short time from 1938 to 1945 through the First Vienna Arbitration .
From 1872 to 1918 and from 1949 to 1960 it was also the seat of a district administration.
Population development
In 1910, according to an official census, there were 5,225 inhabitants, of whom 3,413 were Slovaks, 1,626 Hungarians and 176 were German. In 2001, 97.3% of the now 10,491 inhabitants stated that they were Slovaks.
Attractions
- Catholic church, three-aisled, two-towered, originally Baroque complex, largely redesigned at the beginning of the 20th century
- Castle from the 20th century
- Curia (18th century)
- Remains of the 1725 castle demolished ( Šuriansky hrad )
- Synagogue , built in 1916
- Nitrianský Hrádok district moat
traffic
The city is a railway junction of the railway line Nové Zámky-Prievidza , railway line Nové Zámky-Zvolen . From here there are routes in the direction of Bratislava ( Preßburg ), Nové Zámky ( Neuhäusel ), Nitra ( Neutra ), Levice ( Lewenz ) and Zlaté Moravce ( Goldmorawitz ). Road 580 (Palárikovo-Kalna) runs through the village.
Sports
- Badminton: BK Šurany
- Ice hockey: HKM Šakal Šurany
- Football: ŠK Šurany, TJ Slovan Kostolný Sek, Šurany B Nitr. Hrádok
Personalities
- Zsófia Bosnyák (1609–1644), Hungarian noble lady
- Michal Matunák (1866–1932), priest
- Theodor Johann Jaeger (1874–1943), architect
- Jozef Barmoš (* 1954), footballer
- Acted on site
- Ján Sokol (* 1933), archbishop
- Buried in place
- Kurt Neifeind (1908–1944), civil servant
See also
literature
- Nagysurány , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , p. 515
