Lukovištia

Lukovištia (until 1927 Slovak "Lukovište"; Hungarian Kőhegy - until 1907 Lukovistye ) is a municipality in the south-center of Slovakia with 178 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which is in Okres Rimavská Sobota , a district of Banskobystrický kraj and is counted to the landscape of Gemer .

geography

The village is located in the Slovak Ore Mountains , more precisely in the lower part of Revúcka vrchovina on the right bank of the Papča brook . The center of the village is at an altitude of 303 m nm and is 15 kilometers from Rimavská Sobota .

Neighboring municipalities are Kyjatice in the north, Hrušovo in the northeast and east, Drienčany in the southeast, Padarovce and briefly Rimavská Sobota (district Vyšná Pokoradz) in the south, Horné Zahorany in the southwest, Kraskovo in the west and Babinec in the northwest.

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1407 as Lwkowystya . However, the beginnings can be found in the 13th century when the area was colonized by Italian miners. As early as the 14th century, the original place split into two sub-towns called Malé Lukovištia and Veľké Lukovištia , which have merged again in modern times. In the 15th century the area belonged to the Derencsényi family , in 1427 a total of 18 porta were recorded. In 1828 there were 120 houses and 967 inhabitants who were employed in agriculture, as carters, tanners, craftsmen and shepherds.

Until 1918, the place in Gemer and Kleinhont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia, or now Slovakia.

population

According to the 2011 census, Lukovištia had 196 inhabitants, including 183 Slovaks, five Magyars and two Roma and two Czechs each. Four residents made no statement. 108 residents professed to the Roman Catholic Church, 44 residents to the Evangelical Church AB and one resident each to the Jehovah's Witnesses and to the Greek Catholic Church; nine residents professed a different denomination. 26 residents had no denomination and the denomination of 16 residents was not determined.

Buildings

Protestant church in baroque-classicist style from 1794 with a painted coffered ceiling
Ivan Krasko's birth house

Sons and daughters of the church

Ivan Krasko (1876–1958), Slovak modern poet

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

Commons : Lukovištia - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 )