Pečenice ( hu, Hontbesenyőd, previously ) is a village and

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in the

Levice District Levice District ( sk, okres Levice; hu, Lévai járás) is a district in the Nitra Region of western Slovakia. It is the largest of Slovakia's 79 districts. The west of the district was in the Hungarian county of Bars until 1918, while the eas ...

in the

Nitra Region The Nitra Region ( sk, Nitriansky kraj, ; hu, Nyitrai kerület) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts ( sk, okres) and 354 ...

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, on the edge of the

Štiavnica Mountains The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; sk, Štiavnické vrchy, ) are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains. The area is protected ...

. It is noted for its vineyards and

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Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 273 metres and covers an area of . It has a population of about 126 people.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1135 as ' (Hungarian for "vineyard"). The Late Romanesque parish church, dedicated to the

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, dates from the mid-13th century. It once belonged to the

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monastery at

Šahy Šahy ( hu, Ipolyság, rarely german: Eipelschlag) is a town in southern Slovakia, The town has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population is 7,238 people (2018), with an average age of 42.5. Geography It is located at the eastern reaches o ...

. In the deep forest near the village runs a masonry wall 67 kilometres long known as the or the '' Val Obrov'' ( la, Fossa Giganteum). It has never been scientifically investigated and its age and origin are unknown. There are many theories about it, including that it marks the limit of the

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.RRA Horné Požitavie: Obec Pečenice - Spečený val
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Ethnicity

The village is approximately 99% Slovak.

Facilities

The village has a public

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and

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References

External links

Slovak Government statistical websiteSlovak Historical Monuments databaseRegionNitra.sk: Pečenice church
Villages and municipalities in Levice District {{Levice-geo-stub