Svätý Jur
| Svätý Jur | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Bratislavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Pezinok | ||
| Region : | Bratislava | ||
| Area : | 39.869 km² | ||
| Residents : | 5,724 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 144 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 180 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 900 21 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 2 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 15 ' N , 17 ° 13' E | ||
| License plate : | PK | ||
| Kód obce : | 507989 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Šimon Gabura | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Svätý Jur Prostredná 29 90021 Svätý Jur |
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| Website: | www.svatyjur.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Svätý Jur (1960–1990 Jur pri Bratislave ; German Sankt Georgen , Hungarian Szentgyörgy ) is a small town in western Slovakia with around 5000 inhabitants.
location
It is located in the Danube hill country at the foot of the Little Carpathians , 14 kilometers northeast of Bratislava . There is a wine-growing area on the city surface .
history
The first documented settlement dates from the Hallstatt period . A Great Moravian fortress was built in the 9th century. The first written mention was made in 1209 under the name Zergung as a market town . After the Tatar invasion in 1241, German colonists were settled and the Biely Kameň (Weißenstein) castle was built. The city then developed as a settlement under the castle. Especially the viticulture made Sankt Georgen famous. In 1647 the city was elevated to a royal free city . During the Turkish Wars , the castle was devastated in 1633 and the city burned down in 1663. At the beginning of the 19th century, the place no longer had a German majority. The majority of the residents consisted of Slovaks. Germans made up around a quarter of the population until the end of the First World War. The first (initially only horse) railway in the Kingdom of Hungary was opened in 1840 between Bratislava and Svätý Jur. After the collapse of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1918/19, the city became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia . In 1944 the place Neštich ( Neustift ) was incorporated.
Attractions
- Gothic church of St. George from the 13th century
- Protestant church from 1783, which was built after a house was renovated
- 17th century wooden bell tower
- Remains of the city wall from the 17th century
- almost ruined synagogue from the late 18th century
- Ruins of Biely Kameň Castle (Weissenstein Castle) from the 13th century
- Renaissance castle from 1609
sons and daughters of the town
- Jindřich Jaroslav Clam-Martinic (1826–1887), Czech politician
- Wilhelm Neurath (1840–1901), Austrian economist
- Hermann Vámbéry (1832–1913) Hungarian orientalist, Turkologist, traveler and secret agent (however, he himself gave Dunajská streda as his place of birth.)
- Alexander Zahlbruckner (1860–1938), Austrian botanist
- Alojz Hudek (1887–1961), SDB , Catholic priest , youth pastor , missionary ( Bolivia , Peru ) and radio preacher .
Personalities
- Andreas Reuss (* 15 ?? in Querfurt , † 1629 in Sankt Georgen), Evangelical Lutheran pastor and dean
- Heinrich Jaroslaw Clam-Martinic (1826–1887), politician
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ KUBANOVIČ, Zlatko: Historický náhľad do dejín slovenských saleziánov (Od dona Bosca do roku 1924) . Bratislava: Don Bosco, 2019. ISBN 978-80-8074-436-6 . Pp. 245-246.