Hlohovec

Hlohovec
Hlohovec; before 1927 also: Frašták; German: Freistadt an der Waag; Hungarian: Galgóc
	— Town —
	Hlohovec, view from south-east
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	; ; Hlohovec Location in Slovakia
	; ; Hlohovec Location in Trnava Region
	Coordinates: 48°26′00″N 17°48′12″E / 48.4333333, 17.80333
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Hlohovec
First mentioned	1113
	Government
• mayor	Ján Dlhopolček
	Area
• Total	64.125 km2 (24.759 sq mi)
	Population (31-12-2014)
• Total	22 264
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+421-33
Website	www.hlohovec.sk]

Main	Births etc

Hlohovec (before 1927 also: Frašták; German: Freistadt an der Waag, Hungarian: Galgóc) is a town in southwestern Slovakia, with a population of 23,029.

History[]

The first written evidence of its existence is from 1113, when a town with the name Galgocz was mentioned in the so-called Second Zobor Document. In 1362 Hlohovec obtained town privileges. Ottoman troops captured city and annexed it to the sanjak of Uyvar as the Holok eyalet in 1663. Austrian troops retook it in 1685.

Landmarks[]

Galgóc légifotó — Aerial photography of the castle

The dominant building is a Renaissance-Baroque castle built in 1720. The castle is built on the place of a pre-existing Slavic settlement and a medieval castle. In the castle area is the Empire theatre built in 1802, a riding school from the 18th century, and a Baroque garden pavilion.

In the middle of St. Michael Square stands the Gothic church of St. Michael with its highly decorated portal. Next to the church is the Chapel of Saint Anna from the 18th century. In the northern border of the central part of the town is the Franciscan church and monastery built in 1492. Part of the monastery premises nowadays occupies the Museum of National History and Geography.

The most visited and beautiful natural part of town is the castle park with its lake, French terraces, and rare wood-species, especially old sycamore trees.

Demographics[]

According to the 1910 census the town had 7749 inhabitants: 5645 Slovaks 1401 Hungarians and 667 Germans. According to the 2001 census, the town had 23,729 inhabitants. 97.85% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.72% Roma and 0.63% Czechs.^[1] The religious make-up was 79.58% Roman Catholics, 14.85% people with no religious affiliation and 2.44% Lutherans.^[1]

Famous people[]

Peter Burian (b. 1959), diplomat
Ján Hollý (1785-1849), writer

International relations[]

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Twin towns — Sister cities[]

Hlohovec is twinned with:

De Panne, Belgium
Hranice, Czech Republic
Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. Retrieved 2007-12-15.

External links[]

[statistics-1] "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. Retrieved 2007-12-15.

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