Cífer is a municipality (village) in the

Trnava District Trnava District () is a district in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. In its present borders the district was established in 1996. Before that date Hlohovec district was a part of it. It comprises the villages around Trnava, which forms an administra ...

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. It has a population of 4,610. Archaeological finds from the

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, and early

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period have been made in the village. The first written mention of the settlement dates from 1291. It received town status in the early 18th century, but it has lost it since then.

Sports

Cífer are also home to football club ŠK Cífer, which were founded in 1929.

Prominent residents

Marcel Gery Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions. At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Ger ...

, bronze medal-winner at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona * Eduard Mahler, Jewish Hungarian archaeologist *

Ladislav Lučenič Laco Lučenič (born 23 November 1952) is a Slovaks, Slovak musician and music producer. He is known as a former member of such Slovak bands as Fermáta, Prúdy, Modus (band), Modus, and Miroslav Žbirka, Limit. He became popular for his role as ...

, Slovak musician

Partner village

* Prellenkirchen (

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)

Trivia

In 1946 the first known complete translation of Bible into Slovak language so called "

Camaldolese Bible Camaldolese Bible () is the first known complete translation of Bible into Slovak language. The Bible was translated from Vulgate by Camaldolese monks at Červený Kláštor monastery. The completed translation had been rewritten in 1756–1759. Th ...

" had been found in the Roman Catholic parish house of Cífer.

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): 1666-1898 (parish A) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1666-1896 (parish B) * Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1787-1924 (parish B)

External links

Official website of village

Official website of football club ŠK Cífer

Villages and municipalities in Trnava District Historic Jewish communities in Slovakia {{Trnava-geo-stub