Cífer
Encyclopedia
Cífer is a municipality (village) in the Trnava District
, Slovakia
. It has a population of 4,013.
Archaeological finds from the Neolithic
, Bronze Age
, Roman Period
, and early Slavic
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.
Trnava District
Trnava District is adistrict in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.Until 1918, the district was mostly part of the Hungarian countyof Pozsony, apart from Bučany in the east which formed part of Nyitra County.-Municipalities:*Biely Kostol*Bíňovce...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. It has a population of 4,013.
Archaeological finds from the Neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
, Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
, Roman Period
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, and early Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
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.
Prominent residents
- Marcel GeryMarcel GeryMarcel Gery is a former international butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak Republic. Later emigrated to Canada and competed for this country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain)...
, bronze medal-winner at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona - Eduard MahlerEduard MahlerEduard Mahler, or Mahler Ede was a Hungarian-Austrian astronomer, Orientalist, natural scientist....
, Jewish Hungarian archaeologist