Okoličná na Ostrove

Okoličná na Ostrove (until 1948 Slovak "disgust"; Hungarian disgust ) is a municipality in southwest Slovakia with 1484 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), which belongs to Okres Komárno , part of Nitriansky kraj .

geography

Okoličná na Ostrove Municipal Office

The municipality is located in the Slovakian Danube lowlands on the river island Žitný ostrov . The almost 30 km² large municipal area is flat, deforested and covered by floodplain soils. Two canals, namely the Komárňanský kanál and the Dropí kanál , run north of the main town about one kilometer apart. The center of the village is located at an altitude of 113 m nm and is 15 kilometers from Veľký Meder and 20 kilometers from Komárno .

Administratively, the municipality is divided into the parts Okoličná na Ostrove and Štúrová (Hungarian Margitmajor ). In addition to the official parts of the municipality, there are still settlements such as Margita Okoličná na Ostrove-Lúky , Tulipán and Viharoš .

history

reformed Church

Okoličná na Ostrove was first named Ekly in 1229 . mentioned in writing. In the period from the 13th to the 17th century, the village belonged to various nobles, partly to the monastery of Pannonhalma . For a long time, the Ekli family was the largest owner, but began to disappear at the end of the 15th century.

In 1787 there were 78 houses and 661 inhabitants. As before, the owners changed frequently and the village was fragmented.

Until 1919, the place in Komorn County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. Due to the First Vienna Arbitration Award , he was again in Hungary from 1938-45.

After reintegration into Czechoslovakia, 59 families from the village and 13 families were deported to Bohemia in 1946 as part of a population exchange with Hungary. After 1948 the families deported to Bohemia returned. In 1965 the Danube floods destroyed a third of the village, and residents of Blatná na Ostrove , Kutná Hora and Lučenec helped to rebuild it .

population

Results after the 2001 census (1461 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

88.64% Magyars
10.40% Slovaks
0.68% Czechs

By denomination:

56.61% Roman Catholic
10.34% non-denominational
2.05% Protestant
0.62% no information

Attractions

Reformed Church from 1804
Classicist style Roman Catholic church from 1816

traffic

The community is on the Bratislava – Komárno railway line and has one stop.

Web links

Commons : Okoličná na Ostrove - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)