Nitrianska Blatnica

Nitrianska Blatnica (until 1948 Slovak "Šarfia" - to 1927 "Šárfia"; Hungarian Nyitrasárfő ) is a municipality in the west of Slovakia with a population of 1,243 (December 31, 2019) and belongs to Okres Topoľčany , a circle of Nitriansky kraj .

geography

The municipality is located in the north-western part of the hilly Nitrianska pahorkatina , part of the Slovak Danube lowlands at the foot of the Inowetz . It is traversed by the Blatnica stream in the Nitra river system. The center of the village is at an altitude of 242 m nm and is 18 kilometers from Topoľčany .

Neighboring municipalities are Hubina in the north, Vozokany in the east, Krtovce in the southeast, Veľké Ripňany in the south and Radošina in the west.

history

St. George's Rotunda in the forest above the village

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1185 as Sarfew , when a certain Stojslav left the small estate to the monastery at Zobor. In the 15th century the property belonged to the nobles of Ludanice . At that time there was a small castle in the parish; she also had the right to hold a market on Wednesdays. From the modern era until the abolition of serfdom, the following genders or families were landowners: first the estate of Lewenz , then Solymós and Esterházy (16th century), Héderváry , Hunyadi (17th century), Vay , Plathy , Pálffy and the Diocese of Neutra (18th century) Century) and Zerdahely , Leonhard and others in the 19th century. In 1787 the village had 81 houses and 543 inhabitants, in 1828 there were 92 houses and 638 inhabitants who lived from agriculture and fruit growing. There was also a saw in town.

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

Surname

The name indicates a wet or swampy terrain, since Slovak blato and Hungarian sár can be translated with the German word mud . In 1948 the Hungarian name Šarfia was changed to Nitrianska Blatnica (after location near Nitra , as a place called Blatnica already existed) for national political reasons .

population

Exaltation of the Cross Church

According to the 2011 census, 1192 inhabitants lived in Nitrianska Blatnica, including 700 Slovaks, four Czechs and one each Magyar and Roma. 59 residents gave no information in this regard. 1020 residents professed to the Roman Catholic Church, 31 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, two residents each to the Greek Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church and one resident each to the Evangelical Methodist Church and the Czechoslovak Hussite Church; five residents professed a different denomination. 57 inhabitants had no denomination and the denomination of 73 inhabitants was not determined.

Buildings and monuments

In the forest below the Marhát mountain lies the Georgsrotunda ( Rotunda svätého Juraja in Slovak ), which, according to archaeological research, was built near a settlement in the 9th century and redesigned in the Romanesque style in the 11th century. The current baroque appearance dates from 1655
Roman Catholic Church of Exaltation of the Cross in classicist style from 1820
Country castle from 1578, rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries
two bastions from the old fortress, today farm buildings

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)

Web links

Commons : Nitrianska Blatnica - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)