| Kostolné Kračany | |
| Other Name: | Egyházkarcsa |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
| Coordinates: | 47.9836°N 17.5767°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Trnava |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dunajská Streda |
| Established Title: | First written mention |
| Established Date: | 1215 |
| Named For: | the Hungarian Karcsa clan |
| Leader Party: | Most-Híd, Party of the Hungarian Coalition |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | László Gódány[1] [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.91[3] |
| Elevation M: | 116[4] |
| Population Footnotes: | [5] |
| Population Total: | 1429[6] |
| Population Est: | 1293 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Density Km2: | 102.33[7] |
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Hungarians |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 92.77% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Slovaks |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 5.51% |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 930 03 |
| Area Code: | +421 31 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 39.51 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.37 |
| Elevation Ft: | 381 |
Kostolné Kračany (Hungarian: Egyházkarcsa, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈɛɟhaːzkɒrtʃɒ/) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
The village also administers 5 other villages:
| In Slovak | In Hungarian | |
|---|---|---|
| Amadeho Kračany | Amadékarcsa | |
| Kynceľove Kračany | Göncölkarcsa | |
| Moravské Kračany | Mórockarcsa | |
| Pinkove Kračany | Pinkekarcsa | |
| Šipošovske Kračany | Siposkarcsa |
The municipality lies at an altitude of 119 metres, 5 km southwest of Dunajská Streda, and covers an area of 13.916 km².
In the 11th century, the territory of Kostolné Kračany became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1215 as Corcha. Its first church was consecrated to Saint Bartholomew before 1249. However, the settlement is considered to originate from the era of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin as the structure of the village reflects the ecclesiastical system as organised by King St Stephen of Hungary. The king ordered that all 10 villages must build a church, the villages named Karcha build the church in this village whose name in Hungarian means Church Karcha.
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.
According to the 2001 census, its total population was 1162, including 1078 ethnic Hungarians (92,77%) and 64 ethnic Slovaks (5,51%). As of December 31, 2008 the estimated resident population was 1293.[5]
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"