Želiezovce

Geobox | Settlement
name = Želiezovce
other_name = Zselíz
category = Town


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country = Slovakia
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region = Nitra
district = Levice
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river = Hron
location =
elevation = 137
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 02
lat_s = 55
lat_NS = N
long_d = 18
long_m = 39
long_s = 37
long_EW = E
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area = 56.523
area_round = 3
population = 7486
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1274
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Pavel Bakonyi
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map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_caption = Location in Slovakia
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map1 = Nitra Region - outline map.svg
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map1_background = Nitra Region - background map.png map1_caption = Location in the Nitra Region
map1_locator = Nitra Region
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statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420402&lstObec502987&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.zeliezovce.sk/ www.zeliezovce.sk]
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Želiezovce ( _de. Zelis (rare); _hu. Zseliz) is a town in Slovakia in the Nitra Region, in the Levice District, near the Hron river.

History

The territory of the settlement was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, the Quadi period and the Great Moravian period. The town was first mentioned in 1274. It was heavily damaged at the end of World War II.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 7,522 inhabitants. 51.25% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 47.10% Slovaks, 0.55% Roma and 0.49% Czechs.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-02-10] The religious make-up was 61.27% Roman Catholics, 18.43% people with no religious affiliation, and 6.37% Lutherans.

Features

The town is known for a former Neoclassical residence of Count Johann Karl Eszterházy, where the Austrian composer Franz Schubert used to teach music to the young women Maria and Karoline in the summer of 1818 and 1824. Apart from a nice large park, there is another important building: the Schubert House or Owl Chateau (Slovak: "Soví zámoček"), in which Franz Schubert used to stay, and in which some of his compositions arose (the Sonatas etc.). Finally, the town features a Gothic Catholic church, severely damaged in 1945.

Archeology

The town gave name to the archeological Želiezovce group (named after a find in Veľký Pesek, now part of the village Sikenica, which was part of Želiezovce in 1986-1992).

References

External links

* [http://www.zeliezovce.sk Official website]