Kaplná
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaplná is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava region. It is located about ten kilometers (6.25 miles) north-east of Senec on a road connecting Senec with Trnava. Currently, the village has over 700 inhabitants.
Contents |
[edit] History
Archeologic digs show that the area around Kaplna was first settled around 5000 BC. The first written reference to the village comes from a document signed by the Hungarian king Bela IV in 1244 AD. It was listed under its Latin name, Capulna, meaning "Chapel". The name went through several transformations until it settled for Kaplná.
The name of the village was derived from a unique two-tower Catholic church built in Romanesque architecture sometimes in the first half of the eleventh century. The church walls were not plastered, showing its bright red bricks. Later, the church was rebuilt in early Gothic style, and after a 1634 fire it has been rebuilt with only one tower. In the eighteenth century the church interior was rebuilt in Baroque style. In 1960, an archeological dig uncovered the original Romanesque porch and windows.
During the Ottoman invasion the village was abandoned, only to be resettled in the sixteenth century by Croatian colonists. Between 1974 and 1990 the village was a part of Báhoň, after which it attained self-governance.
[edit] Culture and Entertainment
Kaplná has a soccer club, which is currently in the middle of the field of Slovakia's sixth division soccer league, Bratislava district. In addition, the mayor is organizing a table tennis tournament each year.
In 2003, Kaplná has founded a folk song festival taking place every September, called Folkovanie v Kaplne. The attendance and number of bands, however, has steadily declined since the first, very promising, year.
The village also contains a hotel with a restaurant, ice cream shop and Internet café.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2004, there were 719 inhabitants: 367 men and 352 women. 98.58% were of Slovak ethnicity; the largest minority was Hungarian with 0.7%. 90% of inhabitants were Roman Catholic; the only other significant denomination was Evangelical Catholic, with 1% of inhabitants.
Out of the 209 buildings in the village 177 were inhabited.
[edit] External links
| edit | Municipalities of Senec District |  |
|---|---|---|
|
Senec |
||
