Malá Lehota

Malá Lehota (until 1927 Slovak "Malá Lehôta"; German Kleinhau or Kleinhay , Hungarian Kisülés - until 1892 Kislehota ) is a municipality in central Slovakia with 831 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to the Okres Žarnovica , a district of the Banskobystrický kraj , heard.

geography

The village is located in the northern part of the Pohronský Inovec mountains near the source of the Žitava . The municipality has the character of a mountainous area and in the north it flows along the Ve schließtkopolská brázda furrow and thus the dividing line from the Vtáčnik Mountains . The soils are largely made up of andesite and tuff rocks . The community center is located at an altitude of 597 m nm and is 15 kilometers from Nová Baňa , 22 kilometers from Zlaté Moravce and 29 kilometers from Žarnovica (all road distances).

The community as such consists of 17 small settlements scattered across the mountains, which are locally called štál ; Their names are: Adamcov štál, Blaškov štál, Debnárov štál, Domčekov štál, Hubačov štál, Hudecov štál, Pacalajov štál, Pavlov štál, Rajnohov štál, Rajnohov štál, Štčmál štál štál, Uštáľan štál, Štčmálan, Uštálan, Uštál, Uštál, Uštálan, Uštálan, Uštáľan, Uštáľan, Uštálba, Uštáľan, Uštáľál, Uštáľan, Uštálba, Uštáľan, Uštáľan.

Neighboring municipalities are Veľké Pole in the north, Píla in the northeast, Nová Baňa in the east, Veľká Lehota in the south, Jedľové Kostoľany and Hostie in the west and Skýcov in the northwest.

history

Malá Lehota was first mentioned in writing in 1388 as Kys Lyhota , as part of the territory of the Hrušov Castle . The settlements emerged in a forest clearing in a wave of colonization in the 14th century . The difficult to access community was named Pwszta Lehota in 1468 and had three portals in 1536 . In 1554 Malá Lehota became the property of the Kistapolcsányi family , who in the same year acquired the territory of the Hrušov Castle. In the time of the Turkish wars and uprisings against the Habsburgs, the area was only sparsely populated: in 1601 the community had only nine houses. Many residents hid in the surrounding forests to avoid the Ottoman troops and the exploitation of landlords. In 1715 the village had 17 taxpayers, two mills and a restaurant, in 1828 there were 102 houses and 641 inhabitants, whose main sources of income were forestry and agriculture. The first, then Roman Catholic school, was founded in 1856.

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

population

According to the 2011 census, Malá Lehota had 928 inhabitants, including 883 Slovaks , 2 Magyars and 1 Czech . 42 residents did not provide any information on ethnicity .

858 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 2 residents to the Pentecostal movement and 1 resident each to the Brethren Church, the Evangelical Church AB and the Orthodox Church; 2 residents stated another denomination. 9 residents were non-denominational and 54 residents had no denomination.

Buildings

Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in classicist style from 1820

Individual evidence

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Web links

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

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