Veľké Kosihy

Veľké Kosihy (Hungarian Nagykeszi ) is a municipality in southwest Slovakia with 950 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in Okres Komárno , part of the Nitriansky kraj .

geography

A canal at Veľké Kosihy

The municipality is located in the Slovakian Danube lowlands and at the same time on the Great Schüttinsel . The Danube flows south of the village and also forms the state border with Hungary . With a few minor exceptions, the municipality has been deforested, has predominantly auboils and has little height differences. The center of the village is at an altitude of 110 m nm and is 17 kilometers from Veľký Meder and 22 kilometers from Komárno .

The municipality includes the formerly independent community Malé Kosihy (Hungarian Kiskeszi , incorporated in 1893) south, the hamlet Okánikovo (Hungarian Eklipuszta ) north and the former village Arcibiskupský Lél (Hungarian Érseklél ) east of the main town.

Neighboring municipalities are Okoličná na Ostrove in the north, Zlatná na Ostrove in the east, Ács (H) in the southeast, Nagyszentjános (H) in the south, Kližská Nemá and Trávnik for short in the west, and Tôň and Zemianska Olča in the northwest.

history

Roman Catholic Church

reformed Church

Veľké Kosihy was first mentioned in writing in 1268 as Kezu, alias villa Kezu . Other historical names include Kezu Maior (1272), Nagkezew (1380) and Nagy Kesyi (1773). In the early Middle Ages the area was owned by the castles of Bana (near Banka ) and Szolgagyőr (near Dvorníky ), and in 1266 it came under the rule of Komorn Castle. Nagykeszi later became the property of various families of the lower nobility. During the Turkish Wars , the village was heavily devastated and only settled again permanently towards the end of the 17th century. In 1828 there were 51 houses and 249 inhabitants who were employed as fishermen and farmers. The last large landowners came from the Fejérváry and Zámory families .

Until 1918/1919 the place in Komorn County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. As a result of the First Vienna Arbitration Award, Moča was once again part of Hungary between 1938 and 1945.

After the Second World War, the community was electrified between 1952 and 1954. The Danube flood in 1965 caused great damage, but the reconstruction was completed again within a very short time with the help of the Czechoslovak districts of Praha-západ and Beroun.

population

According to the 2011 census, Veľké Kosihy had 990 inhabitants, including 770 Magyars , 183 Slovaks , four Czechs , two Moravians and one each from Rome and Serbia . One resident indicated a different ethnic group and 28 residents gave no information about the ethnic group .

335 residents committed to the Reformed Church, 312 residents to the Roman Catholic Church, 19 residents to the Evangelical Church AB, nine residents to the Greek Catholic Church, three residents to the Evangelical Methodist Church and two residents to the Orthodox Church and one resident each to the Baha'itum and to the Czechoslovak Hussite Church; one resident professed a different denomination. 169 inhabitants were without a denomination and the denomination of 138 inhabitants was not determined.

Buildings

Roman Catholic church in the former village of Arcibiskupský Lél, designed in classicist style in 1865
Reformed Church from 1819
Zámory country castle in the classical style from 1830

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)

Web links

Commons : Veľké Kosihy - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)