municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Nové Mesto nad Váhom District
Nové Mesto nad Váhom District ( sk, okres Nové Mesto nad Váhom, hu, Vágújhelyi járás) is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, ...
in the
Trenčín Region
The Trenčín Region ( sk, Trenčiansky kraj, ; cs, Trenčínský kraj; hu, Trencséni kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of 9 districts ('' okresy''). The region was established in 1996: previously it had ...
of western
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1208. ''Mihály de genere Bána'', royal equerry, who was the forefather of the
Cseszneky Cseszneky is a surname of Hungarian origin.
Notable people
* Benedek Cseszneky, office holder, diplomat
* György Cseszneky, castellan of Tata and Győr
* Gyula Cseszneky (1914-ca 1970) poet, translator, Macedonian Voivode
* Imre Cseszneky, ...
family, performed several heroic deeds against the Mongolian invaders of Hungary (during the invasion in 1241–42) and for his bravery in 1241 King
Béla IV
Béla may refer to:
* Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater
* Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name
See also
* Bela (disambiguation)
* Belá (disambiguation)
* Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''wh ...
appointed him Count (''comes'') of Beckó.
Geography
The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
lies at an
altitude
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of 190 metres and covers an
area
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of 28.629 km2. It has a
population
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Jozef Miloslav Hurban
Jozef Miloslav Hurban ( hu, Hurbán József Miloszláv; pseudonyms ''Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský'', 19 March 1817 – 21 February 1888) was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak ...
born 1817
* Baron
László Mednyánszky
Baron László Mednyánszky or ''Ladislaus Josephus Balthasar Eustachius Mednyánszky'' ( sk, Ladislav Medňanský) (23 April 1852 – 17 April 1919), a Slovak- Hungarian painter-philosopher, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history ...
* Györffy György: Az Árpád-kori Magyarország történeti földrajza
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava,Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1676-1934 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1792-1942 (parish A)