Dolná Strehová

Dolná Strehová (Hungarian Alsósztregova ) is a municipality in the south of Slovakia with 1038 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It belongs to the Okres Veľký Krtíš , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj and belongs to the traditional Novohrad landscape .

geography

Main street of the parish

The municipality is located in the eastern part of the Ipeľská kotlina basin (part of the larger Juhoslovenská kotlina ) in the valley of the Tisovník river in the Ipeľ catchment area , a few kilometers from the Hungarian border. The center of the village is at an altitude of 182 m nm and is 14 kilometers from Veľký Krtíš and 24 kilometers from Lučenec .

Administratively, the municipality is divided into parts of the municipality Bukovec, Dolná Strehová, Dúbrava and Prieloh.

Neighboring communities are Závada in the north, Ľuboreč in the northeast, Ľuboriečka in the east, Muľa in the southeast, Veľké Zlievce in the south, Pôtor in the southwest, Vieska in the west and Chrťany in the northwest.

history

Madách country castle

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1251 as Strigoa and was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The name is said to go back to its original function as a village guard, and in the Middle Ages there was actually a castle above the place. A parish is mentioned in 1332. The village belonged to the families Sztregovai , Szecsényi and after 1430 Madách ; the latter gender played an essential role in the history of the village. In 1552 Dolná Strehová was occupied by the Turks and burned down and joined the Szécsény Sanjak. In 1593 the Turks withdrew and Hungarian control was restored.

In the 17th century there was an important Latin school in the village. In 1758 the whole village burned down and contributed to the enormous debt of the Madáchs ; they only returned after a few decades. In 1828 there were 57 houses and 424 inhabitants who were mainly employed in agriculture and viticulture.

Until 1918/19, the place in Nógrád County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. In the first years of Czechoslovakia, many Slovaks moved from the Detva and Hriňová area to Dolná Strehová and surrounding settlements.

population

According to the 2011 census, Dolná Strehová had 1,045 inhabitants, including 943 Slovaks, eight Czechs, four Roma, three Magyars and one inhabitant of another ethnic group. 86 residents did not provide any information. 675 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 177 residents to the Evangelical Church A. B, five residents to the Old Catholic Church, three residents each to the Greek Catholic and Evangelical Methodist Churches and one resident each to the Jehovah's Witnesses and to the Apostolic Church ; two residents were of other denominations. 14 residents had no denomination and the denomination of 109 residents has not been determined.

Results after the 2001 census (1048 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

96.66% Slovaks
0.76% Roma
0.76% Czechs
0.38% Magyars

By denomination:

67.08% Roman Catholic
21.47% Protestant
8.11% non-denominational
3.08% no answer
0.19% Greek Catholic

Sights and culture

Roman Catholic Church

Protestant church in late Renaissance style from 1652, designed in a classicist style in 1819, the tower was added in 1923
Roman Catholic church in the classical style from the end of the 18th century, designed in 1903 in the Art Nouveau style
Country castle from the end of the 18th century in the Rocococlassical style
Imre Madách monument from 1930, the work of the Bratislava sculptor Alois Rigele
Thermal baths northwest of the main town

Personalities

Imre Madách (1823–1864), Hungarian playwright

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Dolná Strehová - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak)

[2] 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)