Andovce

Andovce (until 1948 Slovak "Andód"; Hungarian Andód ) is a medium-sized town in the west of Slovakia with a population of 1,579 (December 31, 2019) that the Nové Zámky District , a circle of Nitriansky kraj heard.

geography

The community is located in the Slovak Danube lowlands on a corridor terrace between the Waag and the Nitra . The center of the village is at an altitude of 112 m nm and is five kilometers from Nové Zámky .

Neighboring municipalities are Zemné in the west and north, Nové Zámky in the east and south and Komoča in the southwest.

history

Today's municipal area has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age, with finds from the Bandkeramischen culture and settlements from the Bronze, Latène and Roman times as well as a Slavic settlement from the Moravian Empire .

The exact year of foundation is not known, the first written mention comes from the year 1421 in the form of Ondod . The first proven landlord was Duke Ctibor , who in 1431 took out the place from the Šurany estate in a document and donated it to the provost of Neustadt an der Waag and thus to the Beckov castle . In the 16th century part of the estate came to the Bánffys and later to the Nyári family . At a time that is not exactly known, but certainly in the 18th century, the settlement came back to the Šurany estate. In 1828 there were 77 houses and 542 inhabitants who were employed in agriculture.

Until 1918/1919, the place in Neutra County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. Due to the First Vienna Arbitration Award , he was again in Hungary from 1938 to 1945.

In 1948 the old name Andód , which may have been derived from the name of the landlord Amadé or the Szegi-Andai family, was Slovakized to Andovce .

population

According to the 2011 census, Andovce had 1,358 inhabitants, including 714 Magyars, 548 Slovaks, four Czechs and one Russian; five residents belonged to a different ethnic group. 86 residents gave no information in this regard. 976 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 40 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, 19 residents to the Reformed Church, eight residents each to the Jehovah's Witnesses and to the Evangelical Methodist Church, two residents to the Orthodox Church and one resident each to the Baptists and to the Brethren Church; six residents professed a different denomination. 191 residents had no denomination and the denomination of 106 residents was not determined.

Buildings

Roman Catholic church in late Classicist style from 1858
Gregor Czuczor's memorial house with a local history museum

Sons and daughters of the church

Gregor Czuczor (1800–1866), Hungarian writer and friar

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

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 )