Gabčíkovo
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trnavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Dunajská Streda | ||
| Region : | Podunajsko | ||
| Area : | 52.396 km² | ||
| Residents : | 5,473 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 104 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 116 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 930 05 | ||
| Telephone code : | 031 | ||
| Geographic location : | 47 ° 54 ' N , 17 ° 35' E | ||
| License plate : | DS | ||
| Kód obce : | 501573 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Iván Fenes | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Gabčíkovo Hlavná 1039/21 930 05 Gabčíkovo |
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| Website: | www.gabcikovo.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Gabčíkovo (up to 1948 Slovak Beš ; German rarely Bösch , Hungarian Bős ) is a town in southwestern Slovakia with 5473 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).
geography
The city is located on the Great Schüttinsel in the Slovak Danube lowlands . The Čiližský potok flows through Gabčíkovo and several canals are built around the place. The Danube flows further to the southwest , both in the power station channel of the Gabčíkovo hydropower station and in the original river bed on the border with Hungary . There you can find original alluvial forests. The city center is located at an altitude of 116 m nm and is 12 km from Dunajská Streda and 53 km from Bratislava .
Neighboring communities are Vrakúň in the north, Pataš in the east, Baloň in the south-east, Ňárad and Sap in the south, Ásványráró and Lipót (both in Hungary) in the south-west and Baka in the west.
history
The place was first mentioned in 1102 as Beys , then in 1264 as Terra castri Zolgageur Bews . It probably originated in the early 11th century and was a border town in the early Hungarian state, where the Pechenegs monitored a nearby ford. The aforementioned castle Zolgageur (in today's Hungarian Szolgagyőr ) was located near Malé Blahovo (today a district of Dunajská Streda) and was devastated during the Mongol storm. From the 13th century until serfdom was abolished in 1848, the Amade family or Üchtritz-Amade ruled the town. In 1468 Matthias Corvinus gave the place the right to hold weekly markets. In the 16th century, some German colonists were settled, so the village was divided into a German and a Hungarian part. In 1553 there were a total of 25 portals , in 1828 there were 195 houses and 1803 inhabitants, who were mainly employed as farmers. The estate of the Amade family in the 19th century included a meierhof, a brewery and a distillery, and between 1855 and 1876 the Üchtritz family operated a sugar factory in the village . Fires devastated parts of the village in 1861 and 1867.
Until 1918 the place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary in Pressburg County and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . With the First Vienna Arbitration Award , the community came back to Hungary from 1938 to 1945. In 1948, the town was named in honor of the Slovakian military and Heydrich -Attentäters Jozef Gabčík in Gabčíkovo renamed. In 1997 a referendum took place on the application for the acquisition of the town charter, but it was invalid due to the low turnout.
On January 1, 2016, Gabčíkovo received city rights together with the northern Slovak municipality of Turany by resolution of the National Council of the Slovak Republic .
population
According to the 2011 census, there were 5,361 inhabitants in Gabčíkovo, of which 4,711 Magyars , 580 Slovaks , 13 Czechs , eight Moravians , five Ukrainians , three each from Poles , Roma and Russians, as well as one Jew and one Russian . Eight residents indicated a different ethnic group and 25 residents gave no information about the ethnic group .
4810 residents supported the Roman Catholic Church , 170 residents the Reformed Church , 24 residents the Evangelical Church AB , 14 residents the Greek Catholic Church , 12 residents the Evangelical Methodist Church , 11 residents the Pentecostal Movement and eight residents the Orthodox Church ; 24 residents professed a different denomination. 186 inhabitants were without a denomination and the denomination of 102 inhabitants was not determined.
Buildings and monuments
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Margaret (Slovak Kostol sv. Margity ) in Gothic style from the 14th century, redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century
- Amadé Castle ( Amadeovský kaštieľ in Slovak ) from the 17th century, redesigned in the baroque-classical style at the end of the 18th century. A park is attached to the castle.
- Trinity column in the baroque-classical style from the late 18th century
traffic
In the center of Gabčíkovo two 2nd order roads meet: the II / 506 between Báč and Medveďov , while the II / 507 starts here and runs towards Dunajská Streda and ends in Žilina in northern Slovakia. The nearest train station is in Dunajská Streda on the Bratislava – Komárno railway line, 12.5 km away.
A part of the Danube Cycle Path passes close to the city on both sides of the power station canal, before both branches unite at the power station itself and then only continue on the left bank.
Infrastructure
The place is known for the inside and outside Slovakia Danube - hydro power plant Gabčíkovo , construction of diplomatic problems between Hungary has led and Slovakia.
There is also a complex of the Bratislava University of Technology with a large five-story residential building in the village . This already served as a refugee home during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. In mid-July 2015, an agreement was reached between the republics of Slovakia and Austria to accommodate 500 asylum seekers from the Traiskirchen camp, which was completely overcrowded during the EU refugee crisis . For Austria this would relieve the unsustainable conditions that have already been criticized by the UNHCR , for Slovakia an upgrade in Europe: Slovakia is one of the worst performers in Europe when it comes to taking in refugees, in 2013 only 440 people were under asylum procedures, with one Quotas by the EU would have to admit almost 800 more people. In a citizen survey - with a turnout of 53 percent - 97 percent were against the accommodation; the vote is not binding. A major xenophobic demonstration took place in Bratislava in the context.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ladislaus Amade von Várkonyi (1703–1764), Hungarian poet
- Antal Amadé de Várkonyi (1760–1835), Hungarian count and prefect
Web links
- Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)
Individual evidence
- ↑ V novom roku máme na Slovensku o dve mestá viac ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Aktuellity.sk (Slovak), accessed January 2, 2016
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Slovakia: "We don't want refugees". diePresse.com, July 9, 2015.
- ^ Sharp criticism of Austria's deal with Slovakia. derStandard.at, July 10, 2015.
- ↑ That is 80 per 1 million inhabitants, Austria had 1 million per year in 2070; According to Eurostat: Significant increase in registered asylum seekers to almost 435,000 in the EU28 in 2013. Press release (24 March 2014).
- ↑ Gabcikovo does not want any refugees from Traiskirchen. KleineZeitung.at, August 3, 2015.
