Ipeľské Predmostie is a village

Village

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 and municipality

Municipality

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 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

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.

History

In historical records

History

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, the village was first mentioned in 1252 (Hydweg) when King Bela IV gave it to Count Myko. Before, it belonged to Hont

Hont

Hont is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary and then shortly of Czechoslovakia...

. In castle. In 1438 it belonged to feudatory György Palóczy and, after to Esztergom

Esztergom

Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....

 Archbishopric. In 1570 it was pilleged by Turks

Ottoman Empire

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. A map of 1825 shows Hidveg, in the district of Honth (now Hont) was in Hungary and then became part of the Austro/Hungarian Empire, ruled by Emperor Franz Joseph. After WWI borders were redrawn and Hidveg became part of Czechoslovakia. (Passports dated 1920 show Hidveg as part of Czechoslovakia.) A treaty returned Hidveg to Hungary from 1940 to 1945. After 1945 the borders were again changed and Hidveg once again was part of Czechoslovakia. It is now renamed and in Slovakia.

External links

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/ipelskepredmostie/ipelske-predmostie.html