Dolná Strehová
Encyclopedia
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Veľký Krtíš District
Velký Krtíš District
Veľký Krtíš District is a district inthe Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was split between the Hungarian counties of Hont and Nógrád.-Municipalities:*Balog nad Ipľom*Bátorová*Brusník...
of the Banská Bystrica Region
Banská Bystrica Region
The Banská Bystrica Region is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe.-Geography:It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km². The region is prevailingly mountains, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras...
of southern 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...
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History
In historical recordsHistory
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, the village was first mentioned in 1251 (1251 Strigoa, 1381 Strogea, Stergow, Stergo, 1349 Stregoua, 1487 Ztrehowa, 1493 Alsozthergowa). It belonged to many feudatory families. In 1534 it passed to Levice
Levice
Levice is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Slavic name of the town was Leva, which means "the Left One"....
town. In the 18th century it belonged to the Esterházy family. From 1939 to 1944 it belonged to Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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External links
- http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolnastrehova/dolna-strehova.html