Veľký Krtíš (before 1927 ''Veľký Krtýš'', hu, Nagykürtös) is a town in middle
Slovakia
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, situated in the historical
Novohrad region. The town's most important economic sectors are mining and agriculture.
Etymology
The name is of
Hungarian origin and is probably derived from the word ''kürtös'' which either means a
bugle
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History
The bugle developed from early musical or communication ...
r or, more likely motivated by the
ethnonym ''Kürt'' (one of
Magyar tribes).
History
The town was first mentioned in the second half of the 13th century, although the name Krtíš first appeared in 1245 under name ''Curtus'' (Latin). Until 1919 it was the part of the Hungarian Kingdom, later Austria-Hungary, part of the Nograd - Novohrad region. It was ruled by
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
between 1554 and 1594 and again between 1596 and 1686 as part of
Filek sanjak, its centre was
Rimaszombat. After
Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in Versailles on 4 June 1920. It forma ...
it became part of
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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. In the Second World War, the village remained in the Slovak state, a Nazi-Germany ally. The village suffered damages in the spring of 1945 when the Soviet army of the 2nd Ukrainian front together with the Romanian army met the Nazi Germany units. A Romanian military cemetery can be found in the nearby
Modry Kamen. The village developed to a town in the 1960s with the opening of the mine for brown coal with massive industrialisation under the Communist Party. It had many industrial plants,
Liaz; a large vehicular plant had a large plant in the until the 1990s on the outskirts towards
Maly Krtris. The former Liaz plant is now owned by a Turkish investment firm producing luxury vehicle parts for various automobile companies like Aston Martin, Land Rover and Jaguar.
Geography
Veľký Krtíš lies at an altitude of
above sea level and covers an area of .
It is situated in the
Krupinská planina, at the foothills of
Javorie, around north of the
Hungarian border and around south of
Banská Bystrica.
Demographics
In May 2017 the town had 11,657 inhabitants. According to the 2011
census
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86.93% of inhabitants were
Slovaks, 6.20%
Hungarians
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, 2.06%
Roma
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and 0.78%
Czechs
The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, ...
.
The religious make-up was 54.26%
Roman Catholics, 21.58% people with no religious affiliation and 16.00%
Lutherans
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.
Twin towns — sister cities
Veľký Krtíš is
twinned with:
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Písek
Písek (; german: Pisek) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Písek is colloquially called "''South ...
, Czech Republic
References
External links
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Villages and municipalities in Veľký Krtíš District
Cities and towns in Slovakia
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