Abovce (
) is a village and municipality in the
Rimavská Sobota District
Rimavská Sobota District (''okres Rimavská Sobota'') is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
The district was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. The population density is approximat ...
of the
Banská Bystrica Region
The Banská Bystrica Region (, ; , ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest of the eight regions by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystrica Region was established in 1923; its bord ...
of
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. The village retains its agricultural character. Most important sightseeing is a village manor house.
History
In 2010 had been the settlement from the Bronze Age.
In
historical records, the
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
was first mentioned in 1339 (''Abafalwa'') when it belonged to the local noble family Abaffy. In 1380 name of the village is Hanua. In 15th and 16th centuries it suffered devastation and afterwards many epidemics beat its inhabitants. From 1938 to 1945 it belonged to
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
under the
First Vienna Award
The First Vienna Award was a treaty signed on 2 November 1938 pursuant to the Vienna Arbitration, which took place at Vienna's Belvedere Palace. The arbitration and award were direct consequences of the previous month's Munich Agreement, whic ...
. In the village are community centre, mourning house, elementary school, kindergarten, espresso bar and petrol station.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...
().
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): ????-???? (parish: Putnok, Hungary)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1730-1895
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1778-1899
* Census records 1869 of Abovce are not available at the state archive.
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
References
External links
News about Abovce*https://web.archive.org/web/20060819115338/http://www.abovce.ou.sk/
*http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/abovce/abovce.html
Abovce Photo gallery
Villages and municipalities in Rimavská Sobota District
Gemer (region)
First Vienna Award
Municipalities in Slovakia where Hungarian is an official language
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