Veľký Meder
| Veľký Meder | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trnavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Dunajská Streda | ||
| Region : | Podunajsko | ||
| Area : | 55.547 km² | ||
| Residents : | 8,612 (Dec 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 155 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 112 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 932 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 31 | ||
| Geographic location : | 47 ° 51 ' N , 17 ° 46' E | ||
| License plate : | DS | ||
| Kód obce : | 501522 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Urban area structure: | 2 districts | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Gergő Holényi | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Veľký Meder Komárňanská 207/9 93201 Veľký Meder |
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| Website: | www.velkymeder.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Veľký Meder (1948 to 1990 Slovak "Čalovo"; Hungarian Nagymegyer ; German Groß-Magendorf ) is a city in southwest Slovakia .
history
The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1268 as Villa Meger , was called Čalovo from 1948 to 1990 (after the original Slovak name of a part / river / port of the Schüttinsel from the 12th / 13th centuries) and is divided into Veľký Meder and Ižop (Hungarian Izsap ).
Veľký Meder belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . The city briefly returned to Hungary from 1938 to 1945 through the First Vienna Arbitration .
The city is strongly influenced by the Hungarian population, who make up about 85%. In 1941 there were still 522 Jews living in Nagymegyer.
Attractions
- Roman Catholic church from 1460, rebuilt in 1900 in neoclassical style and consecrated to St. Nicholas
- Reformed church from 1784 in baroque style
- Chapel from 1910, dedicated to the Virgin Mary
- See also: List of listed objects in Veľký Meder
Twin cities
- Bácsalmás , Bács-Kiskun County , Hungary (since 1994)
The Catholic St. Nicholas Church
The reformed church
Farmhouse
Monument to the preservation of the city charter
See also
literature
- Nagymegyer , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , pp. 514f.
