Holíč

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name = Holíč
category = Town
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image_caption = A Lutheran church in Holíč


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country = Slovakia
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region = Trnava
district = Skalica
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river = Morava
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population =11627 | population_date = 31 December 2005
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established =1208
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mayor = Zdenko Čambal
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map_caption = Location in Slovakia
map_background = Slovakia - background map.png map_locator = Slovakia
map1 =Trnava Region - outline map.svg
map1_caption = Location in the Trnava Region
map1_background = Trnava Region - background map.png map1_locator = Trnava Region
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website = http://www.holic.sk
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven420206&lstObec504378&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
commons = Holíč
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Holíč (until 1946 "Holič", _de. Weißkirchen (an der March) / Holitsch, _hu. Holics) is a town in western Slovakia.

History

The oldest archaeological findings are from the Neolithic, and there are findings from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Roman time. The town was first mentioned in 1205 as "Wywar", meaning "New Castle". The Árpád dynasty built a stone castle after Mongol invasion in 1241. Holíč was in the 13th century until 1296 seat of a border comitatus. Among the owners of the town were Matthias Csák and Stibor of Stiborice. In the 15th century the town's development was slowed by the Hussite raids. In 1736 the town was bought by Franz I, Holy Roman Emperor, husband of Maria Theresa and manufactures were built, leading to the town's growth. Maria Theresa also rebuilt the Holíč Castle from a fortress into a summer château of the Habsburgs.

Geography

Holíč lies at an altitude of convert|185|m|ft|0 above sea level and covers an area of convert|34.784|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on. It is located in the Záhorie region near the Morava River, convert|6|km|mi|0 away from the Czech city of Hodonín and around convert|85|km|mi|0 from Bratislava.

ights

*Holíč Castle, now a baroque château
*Gothic church from 1387
*Capuchin church from 1755
*Tolerantion church from 1787
*Burgher house, originally in Baroque, now in Art Nouveau style
*Complex of manufacture buildings
*Water and wind mills
*Loretan and Florian chapels

In the neighbouring village of Kopčany, the 9th century St. Margaret's Church from the time of Great Moravia, is located.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 11,416 inhabitants. 93.82% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 3.68% Czechs, 0.99% Roma and 0.48% Ukrainians.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-02-07] The religious make-up was 66.36% Roman Catholics, 23.20% people with no religious affiliation and 6.04% Lutherans.

Partner towns

*flagicon|Czech Republic Hodonín, Czech Republic
*flagicon|Austria Hollabrunn, Austria

References

External links

* [http://www.holic.sk Town website]