Rohovce

Rohovce (until 1948 in Slovak "Veľká Sarva"; in Hungarian Nagyszarva ) is a municipality in southwestern Slovakia with 1170 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It belongs to the Okres Dunajská Streda , part of the Trnavský kraj .

geography

The community is located on the Great Rye Island , a part of the Slovak Danubian Lowland near the main channel of the Danube - hydroelectric power plant Gabčíkovo . The municipal area is flat with fertile soil. The center of the village is at an altitude of 123 m nm and is eight kilometers from Šamorín and 16 kilometers from Dunajská Streda .

Neighboring municipalities are Trnávka in the north, Blatná na Ostrove in the northeast and east, Horný Bar in the southeast, Vojka nad Dunajom in the south, Kyselica in the southwest and Báč in the west.

history

church

Rohovce was first mentioned in writing as Zarva in 1250 , and the name Sanctus Andreas (1309) also occurs in the Middle Ages . The village belonged to different noble families: in the Middle Ages the Counts of St. Georgen and Bösing lived here . From the lower nobility it was the Sárkány , Illésházy , Batthyány and Pongrácz families . The former built a moated castle in the 15th century, which was given its current country palace-like appearance in 1570 and finally in 1730.

Until 1919, the place in Pressburg 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.

The Hungarian name Nagyszarva literally means "big horn". In 1948 the name Veľká Sarva, derived from the Hungarian, was changed to Rohovce (meaning "horn village").

population

According to the 2011 census, there were 1,192 inhabitants in Rohovce, of which 852 Magyars, 204 Slovaks, seven Roma, five Czechs, three Russians and one Ukrainian; five residents were of a different ethnic group. 115 residents did not provide any information. 895 residents committed themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 24 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, 19 residents to the Reformed Church, four residents to the Greek Catholic Church and three residents to the Orthodox Church; five residents were of other denominations. 100 inhabitants had no denomination and the denomination of 142 inhabitants has not been determined.

Results of the 2001 census (1037 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

87.66% Magyars
11.57% Slovaks
0.29% Czechs
0.10% Moravian
0.10% Roma
0.10% Ukrainians

By denomination:

86.50% Roman Catholic
10.70% non-denominational
0.96% Protestant
0.10% no answer
0.10% Orthodox

Buildings

Roman Catholic St. Andrew's Church from the 13th century, originally Romanesque, designed in Gothic style in the 15th century and finally rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century
Country castle in baroque style with a park

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Rohovce - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak)

[2] 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)