Kostolné Kračany

Kostolné Kračany ( _hu. Egyházkarcsa) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. According to the 2001 census, its total population was 1162, including 1078 ethnic Hungarians and 64 Slovaks. As of December 31, 2005 the estimated resident population was 1211.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1215 as "Corcha". It's first church was consecrated to Saint Bartholomew in 1249.

In the 14th century, it consisted of the following villages: "Egyházaskarcha" (1351), "Remegkarcha" (1355), "Diákkarcha" (1357), "Barthalkarcha" (1377) "Lászlókarcha" (1377) és "Lucakarcha" (1467). In 1561, the people of the village converted to the Protestant Reformed church, and only in 1729 was the Catholic congregation re-established. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the village was under the patronage of the Somogyi family. The population, 62 in 1840, grew to 80 by 1910. Ethnically, the population was predominantly Hungarian. Until the Treaty of Trianon, it was part of Pozsony county.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 119 metres, 5 km southwest of Dunajská Streda, and covers an area of 13.916 km².

External links

*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html