Brestovany

Brestovany is a municipality with about 2000 inhabitants of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia. The name of the village may be derived from brest, the Slovak word for elm, a tree which used to be common in the area.^[1]

History

Brestovany was first mentioned in a document called Zoborská listina from 1113, where it is referred-to as Bristem. In 1241 the village had to face an invasion of Tatars. Another difficulty came in 1271 when the Czech army conquered Trnava and its surrounding for some time. Brestovany became hereditary property of the town Trnava as of 1280, rendering its inhabitants serfs till the 1848 abolition of serfdom. In 1533 the village was invaded by the Ottoman empire, who plundered and burned it to the ground. In the 18th century the Chapel of Saint Martin and the Church of Saint John the Baptist were built there. In 1811 and 1818 fires seriously destroyed large parts of the village.^[2] As of 1824 Brestovany belonged to Polish count Jozef Saryusz Zamoyski, who had built a neoclassical mansion there, which now houses a primary school. Later it belonged to another Polish noble, Albert Wielopolski. Both noblemen are buried at the local cemetery.

Culture and social life

There are several remarkable historic buildings in Brestovany: the baroque Chapel of Saint Martin (1767), the baroque Church of Saint John the Baptist (1772) and the neoclassical manor house with a large park built in 1826. The village's organizations include a hunters' association, a carrier-pigeon breeders society, a volunteer fire brigade, a sport club and several choirs.

Notable residents

Ľudmila Zamoyska-Gizická (1829 – 1889)– music composer, pianist

Jožo Nižnánsky (1903 – 1976) – writer, journalist, publicist, author of novel Čachtická pani (1932)

František Nižnánsky (1911- 1967) – Brother of Jožo Nižnánsky, one of founders of modern veterinary science in Slovakia

František Hrušovský (1903 – 1963) – historian, publicist

See also

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

References

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1711-1897 (parish A)

• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1666-1895 (parish B)

External links

• Brestovany.sk
• Surnames of living people in Brestovany

Municipalities of Trnava District Trnava Biely Kostol Bíňovce Bohdanovce nad Trnavou Boleráz Borová Brestovany Bučany Buková Cífer Dechtice Dlhá Dobrá Voda Dolná Krupá Dolné Dubové Dolné Lovčice Dolné Orešany Horná Krupá Horné Dubové Horné Orešany Hrnčiarovce nad Parnou Jaslovské Bohunice Kátlovce Košolná Križovany nad Dudváhom Lošonec Majcichov Malženice Naháč Opoj Pavlice Radošovce Ružindol Slovenská Nová Ves Smolenice Suchá nad Parnou Šelpice Špačince Šúrovce Trstín Vlčkovce Voderady Zavar Zeleneč Zvončín

Coordinates: 48°23′N 17°41′E / 48.383°N 17.683°E / 48.383; 17.683