Dolný Bar

Dolný Bar
Albár
village

Location of the village

Coordinates: 47°57′57″N 17°41′11″E / 47.96583°N 17.68639°ECoordinates: 47°57′57″N 17°41′11″E / 47.96583°N 17.68639°E
Country  Slovakia
Region Trnava
District Dunajská Streda
First written mention 1245
Government
 • Mayor Oszkár Bereczk[1][2] (Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Most-Híd)
Area
 • Total 8.19 km2 (3.16 sq mi)
Elevation 114 m (374 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
 • Total 518
 • Estimate (2008) 630
 • Density 77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Ethnicity[3]
 • Hungarians 82,63%
 • Slovakians 14,48%
Time zone EET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 930 14
Area code(s) +421 31
Website www.albar.lapunk.hu

Dolný Bar (Hungarian: Albár, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒlbaːr]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 114 metres and covers an area of 8.200 km². It has a population of about 560 people.

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Dolný Bar became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1245. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Dolný Bar once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election results 2006
  2. ↑ Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Institute of Informatics and Statistics "Institute of Informatics and Statistics".

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Banska Bystrica, Bytca, Kosice, Levoca, Nitra, Presov, Slovakia"

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