Štvrtok na Ostrove explained

Official Name:Štvrtok na Ostrove
Other Name:Csallóközcsütörtök
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Slovakia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Coordinates:48.1°N 17.35°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Trnava
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dunajská Streda
Established Title:First written mention
Established Date:1217
Named For:Thursday
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Party:Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Péter Őry
Area Total Km2:13.06[2]
Elevation M:128[3]
Population Footnotes:[4]
Population Total:1700[5]
Population Est:1751
Pop Est As Of:2008
Population Density Km2:130.64[6]
Demographics Type1:Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:Hungarians
Demographics1 Info1:82.85 %
Demographics1 Title2:Slovaks
Demographics1 Info2:12.33 %
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:930 40
Area Code:+421 31
Population Density Sq Mi:50.44
Area Total Sq Mi:5.04
Elevation Ft:420

Štvrtok na Ostrove (Hungarian: Csallóközcsütörtök, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈtʃɒlːoːkøztʃytørtøk/, formerly Hungarian: Csütörtök) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The village is in the Danubian Lowland and is in the western part of Žitný ostrov (Csallóköz). The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 13.066 km2.

History

In the 11th century, the territory of Štvrtok na Ostrove became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The earliest extant document about the village dates back to 1217, in which it was referred to it by its Hungarian name as Villa Ceturthuc. In the thirteenth century German settlers arrived in the village who named it Loipersdorfin. The village enjoyed Royal privilege to collect tolls and in the fifteenth century it gained the status of a town and had the right to hold markets and develop crafts and trades. Today Štvrtok na Ostrove is a basically agricultural village.

Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.

Demography

In 1910, the village had a population of 1228, mostly Hungarians.

At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 1679 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the village's population as 1751. As of 2001, 82.85% of its population was Hungarian while 12.33% was Slovak.

As of 2001, 93.81% of the inhabitants professed Roman Catholicism.

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Notes and References

  1. http://app.statistics.sk/kv2010/sr/tab9.jsp?lang=en&sr=2&obvod=201 Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
  2. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] ]. sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  3. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  4. Web site: Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110226112651/http://app.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. 2011-02-26.
  5. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  6. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.