Rimavská Seč

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Rimavská Seč
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Rimavská Seč coat of arms
Rimavská Seč (Slovakia)
Rimavská Seč
Rimavská Seč
Basic data
State : Slovakia
Kraj : Banskobystrický kraj
Okres : Rimavská Sobota
Region : Gemer
Area : 17.322 km²
Residents : 2,154 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 124 inhabitants per km²
Height : 173  m nm
Postal code : 980 42
Telephone code : 0 47
Geographic location : 48 ° 18 '  N , 20 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '16 "  N , 20 ° 14' 7"  E
License plate : RS
Kód obce : 515442
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Community type : local community
Administration (as of November 2018)
Mayor : Márta Stubendek
Address: Obecný úrad Rimavská Seč
98042 Rimavská Seč
Statistics information on statistics.sk

Rimavská Seč (until 1927 Slovak "Siač" or "Sečovec"; Hungarian Rimaszécs ) is a small community in southern central Slovakia south of Rimavská Sobota near the border with Hungary .

The place originated in the 12th century and was first mentioned in writing as Zeech in 1289 . The history of the place is connected with the noble family Széchy , who took over the rule from Veľký Blh from 1360 and built a castle here. During the Turkish invasions (1566) the place was badly affected.

Until 1918 the community in Gemer and Kleinhont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary (where it was the seat of a district administration) and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia . She came back to Hungary for a short time from 1938 to 1945 through the First Vienna Arbitration . In June 1944, 466 Jewish residents of Rimaszécs and the surrounding area were ghettoized and deported via Salgótarján to the Auschwitz concentration camp .

The majority of the population are Hungarians (around 89%), the rest are split between Slovaks (5%) and Roma (6%).

Culture

See also:  List of listed objects in Rimavská Seč

literature

  • Rimaszécs , 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. 657f.

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