Zbehy | |
Other Name: | Üzbég |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nitra District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Zbehy in the Nitra Region##Location of Zbehy in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 48.36°N 18.02°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1156 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 19.56 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 154 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 2238 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 951 42 |
Area Code: | +421 37 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | NR |
Zbehy (hu|Üzbég) is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in Slovakia. Local areas like Andač and Holotka belong to the village Zbehy.
The village was first mentioned in a historical record in the year 1156 as Jegu. Until the 16th century it was the property of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. In the centuries afterward more Noble families and aristocratics gained property. In the year 1598 the Ottoman Empire invaded the village and burned it.
Kálmán Tihanyi was born in the village (28 April 1897, and died 26 February 1947, Budapest). He was a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. One of the early pioneers of electronic television.
The village lies at an altitude of 144 metres and covers an area of 19.558 km². It has a population of about 2245 people (31.12.2011).
The village is approximately 99% Slovak.
The village has a public library a gym and football pitch.