Vinica (Slovakia)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Banskobystrický kraj | ||
| Okres : | Veľký Krtíš | ||
| Region : | Poiplie | ||
| Area : | 30.757 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,778 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 58 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 164 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 991 28 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 47 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 7 ' N , 19 ° 7' E | ||
| License plate : | VK | ||
| Kód obce : | 516520 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Kristián Baksa | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Vinica Cesta slobody 466 99128 Vinica |
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| Website: | www.vinica.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Vinica (until 1948 Slovak "Nekyje", until 1927 also "Nekynce"; German Ninik , Hungarian Ipolynyék , older also Nyék ) is a municipality in Okres Veľký Krtíš about 24 kilometers southwest of the main town Veľký Krtíš on the edge of the Ipeľ valley basin in the south of the Slovakia , near the border with Hungary.
The present municipality was created on December 8, 1905 through the merger of the places Dolné Nekyje , Horné Nekyje and Kostolnica . The settlement of Leklinec , which lies northeast of the municipality, also belongs to the place.
In 1135 the place was mentioned on a list of King Béla II and in 1156 a settlement with the name Nek was recorded for the first time in writing . In 1351, between Also Nyek és Felseö Nyek - d. H. between a lower and an upper district - differentiated.
Until 1918 the community in Hont County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary (where it was the seat of a chair 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 .
The population lives mainly from agriculture, cattle breeding and viticulture and consists mainly of Magyars - about 12% of the population profess their Slovak nationality .
Attractions
- Catholic Church from 1846, rebuilt in 1887
- Late baroque fort of the Teleki family from 1780 with classical elements
- Classicist fort of the Haydin family from the 19th century
