Balog nad Ipl'om (; ) (1232 ''Bolug'', 1351 ''Balogh'') is a

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 ...

and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Veľký Krtíš District Veľký Krtíš District (''okres Veľký Krtíš'') is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was split between the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Hont and Nógrád. Municipalities * Balog nad ...

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 southern

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History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1232 when the

King of Hungary The King of Hungary () was the Monarchy, ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 (or 1001) to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" (''Magyarország apostoli királya'') was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 ...

, Andrew II gave the village to

Zvolen Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the ...

(Zólyom) town. After, for four centuries it belonged to local noble family Baloghy (Balogov). From 1939 to 1944 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 ...

again.

Notable births

* Béla Pásztor, mayor of

Veresegyház Veresegyház is a town in Gödöllő district, Pest county, Hungary. Location This village first appeared as Vesereghatz in maps made by Hungarian clerk Lazarus Secretarius between 1510 and 1520. The town lies in the Gödöllő-Hills near ...

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): 1771-1895 * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1721-1750, 1784-1862 * Census records 1869 of Balog_nad_Iplom are not available at the state archive.

References

External links

Official homepage of the village Balog nad Ipľom
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

*http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/balognadiplom/balog-nad-iplom.html Villages and municipalities in Veľký Krtíš District Municipalities in Slovakia where Hungarian is an official language {{VeľkýKrtíš-geo-stub

History

Notable births

Genealogical resources

See also

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