Tekovské Nemce

Tekovské Nemce (until 1948 Slovak "Nemce"; German Nemtze , Hungarian Garamnémeti - until 1907 Németi ) is a municipality in the western center of Slovakia , with 1091 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Administratively it belongs to Okres Zlaté Moravce , which in turn belongs to the Nitriansky kraj district.

geography

The municipality is located in a transition zone between the lowlands and mountains. The 244 m nm lying and part of the traditional landscape Tekov is located on the northern foothills of the Danube hill country , which belongs to the Slovak Danube lowlands , at the brook Roskovice , which comes from the Pohronský Inovec mountains to the north . Other features in the area are the Veľký Inovec mountain ( 901 m nm ), which lies to the north, and the Hron river , which lies further east. Tekovské Nemce is 11 kilometers from Zlaté Moravce and 20 kilometers from Levice .

history

Tekovské Nemce was first mentioned in writing in 1275 as Nempty , after King Ladislaus IV took the place from the local Junkers and donated it to the abbey in neighboring St. Benedict . The Archdiocese of Gran acquired the place in 1291 partially and in 1387 completely for its property. The main source of income for the population was agriculture. In 1563 the place was plundered by the attacking Ottoman army, but soon resettled. In 1776 it was acquired by the newly founded Diocese of Neusohl .

Until 1918 the place was in Persch County in the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia.

population

According to the 2001 census, Tekovské Nemce is almost entirely Slovak (98%). According to religion, the Roman Catholic Church dominates with 94.2%, which is represented here by a baroque Church of All Saints' Day.