Dolné Saliby
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trnavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Galanta | ||
| Region : | Dolné Považie | ||
| Area : | 18.72 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,012 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 107 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 116 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 925 02 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 31 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 6 ' N , 17 ° 47' E | ||
| License plate : | GA | ||
| Kód obce : | 503746 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Ľudovít Kovács | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Dolné Saliby 92502 Dolné Saliby 355 |
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| Website: | www.dolnesaliby.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Dolné Saliby (Hungarian Alsószeli ) is a municipality in western Slovakia . It is located in the Danube lowlands , 116 meters above sea level, 10 km southeast of Galanta .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1217, from 1492 as Alsószeli . In the Middle Ages , the former village of Berény was next to it . Since 1246 the community briefly belonged to Heiligenkreuz Abbey . According to the deed of Charles I Robert , the village was donated to the Kacsics family in 1313.
In 1910 Dolné Saliby had 2,148 predominantly Hungarian inhabitants. The municipality belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary in Pressburg County until 1918 . After the end of the First World War it came to Czechoslovakia as a result of the Treaty of Trianon , and from 1938 to 1945 the village again belonged to Hungary as a result of the First Vienna Arbitration . After the end of the Second World War , Dolné Saliby again belonged to Czechoslovakia, and from 1993 to Slovakia . According to the results of the 2001 census, there were 1921 inhabitants (1500 Hungarians, 414 Slovaks). Until 1960, the now independent village Dolný Chotár , located 18 kilometers to the south, belonged to the municipality.
Attractions
- Catholic Church, was built in 1875
- Protestant church, was built in 1877
- Millennium Monument
Sons and daughters of the church
- Géza Petrik (born October 3, 1845 - † August 26, 1925 in Budapest ), Hungarian bibliographer
- László Pukkai (born February 17, 1941), Hungarian historian, local historian, educator, publicist
- László Szarka , Hungarian historian, director of the Institute for Minorities at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest
- Mária Haraszti , (born December 8, 1959) Hungarian writer
- József Berényi , Hungarian politician
- Andrej Csemez (* 1998), Slovak boxer
Culture
- Monograph Haraszti Mária: Alsószeli was published in 1990 on the history of the village of Dolné Saliby.
- The history of the municipality of Dolné Saliby 1217–2007 , under the Hungarian name Alsószeli község története 1217–2007 , was published by Dr. László Pukkai in 2007.
- Yurt days - traditional cultural festival (Hungarian Alsószeli Jurtanapok Kulturális Fesztivál és Nyári Szabadegyetem )
- Hungarian folk song group Alsószeli
- Folk dance group Varsás
- Folk music group Bendő
