Bíňa ( hu, Bény) is a
municipality and village in the
Nové Zámky District in the
Nitra Region of south-west
Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an elevation of 132 metres (433 ft) and covers an area of 23.501 km² (9.074 mi²).
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1135 written as Byn. Earlier the Romans built a fortress here and in 173 emperor
Marcus Aurelius wrote his famous diary in this region during the wars against
quadi
The Quadi were a Germanic
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people who lived approximately in the area of modern Moravia in the time of the Roman Empire. The only surviving contemporary reports about the Germanic tribe are those of the Romans, whose empire had its bord ...
in the
Marcomannic Wars
The Marcomannic Wars (Latin: ''bellum Germanicum et Sarmaticum'', "German and Sarmatian War") were a series of wars lasting from about 166 until 180 AD. These wars pitted the Roman Empire against, principally, the Germanic Marcomanni and Quadi ...
. Later, after the foundation of the Árpád age Hungary, king
Stephen I of Hungary gave the region to Bény, son of Hont, the count of the county Hont. During the time of early Christianity every 10 villages was ordered to build a church. Several
rotunda have been built in this time, among others the rotunda of Bény, too.
In 1217 the Premontre Abbey monastery was founded in Bíňa in the romanesque style. An earlier built rotunda stands before the two tower abbey church. The patrocinium of the rotunda is ''The 12 Apostles''. Such patrocinium of a rotunda was at village
Apostag
Apostag is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Croats in Hungary call this village ''Štagara''. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,
Geog ...
at the
Danube. After the
Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
army disintegrated in November 1918,
Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the
Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Bíňa once more became part of
Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the
First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the
Velvet Divorce, it was part of
Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.
Population
It has a population of about 1464 people. According to last census in Slovakia 2011
it has 82.72%
Hungarian, 13.11%
Slovak and 0.48%
Gypsy.
Facilities
The village has a
public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants.
There are ...
and
football pitch.
Gallery
Image:Benycivertanlegi1.jpg
Image:Benycivertanlegi2.jpg
Image:Bényi népviselet.jpg
See also
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List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
* Gervers-Molnár Vera: ''A középkori Magyarország rotundái''. (''Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary'') (Művészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1724-1895 (parish B)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1784-1953 (parish B)
External links
Homepage of Bina (Bény)Information about Bina (Bény)Bina (Bény) in Slovakia MapSlovakiatourism.skBasic informationSlovenské hradyBina (Bény)in the website homepage of istergranum.utikonyvem.huBíňa – Nové Zámky okolieBíňa, Vybrané štatistické dáta zo SODB 2011, Obyvateľstvo podľa národnosti
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Villages and municipalities in Nové Zámky District