Brhlovce

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Brhlovce
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Brhlovce (Slovakia)
Brhlovce
Brhlovce
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Nitriansky kraj
Okres : Levice
Region : Hon
Area : 13.88 km²
Residents : 309 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 22 inhabitants per km²
Height : 174  m nm
Postal code : 935 02 ( Žemberovce post office )
Telephone code : 0 36
Geographic location : 48 ° 13 '  N , 18 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '0 "  N , 18 ° 45' 30"  E
License plate : LV
Kód obce : 502103
structure
Community type : local community
Structure of the municipality: 2 parts of the community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Danuše Francisciová
Address: Obecný úrad Brhlovce
156
93502 Žemberovce
Website: www.brhlovce.sk
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Brhlovce (German Berflowetz , Hungarian Borfő ) is a municipality in western Slovakia . It is located in the Danube Hills , about 13 km from Levice .

An example of the troglodyte houses in town

The place was first mentioned in writing as Burfen in 1245 . The later two independent villages on the banks of the brook Búr opposite each other - Horné Brhlovce (Hungarian Kálnaborfő ) and Dolné Brhlovce (Hungarian Tegzesborfő ) - united in 1952. Another part of the municipality, which is east of the main town, is Kamenný Chotár .

Attractions

  • late baroque Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary from 1776
  • late baroque castle from 1756
  • Troglodyth houses probably hewn into the tuff rock in the 16th and 17th centuries

Web links

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