Čabradský Vrbovok () is a village and municipality in the
Krupina District
Krupina District (''okres Krupina'') is a district in
the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was in the county of Kingdom of Hungary Hont County
Hont County was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom o ...
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
Slovakia
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.
The village is best known for the ruins of
Čabraď Castle
Čabraď Castle (, ) is a castle ruin in Slovakia near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok, in the southeast of Krupina. It is surrounded by the Čabraď (nature reserve), Čabraď nature reserve.
Origins
First mentioned in 1276, Litava Castle, a ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1135 as ''Werbouch''(later as 1262 ''Werbouk Inferior'', 1285 ''Warabuk'', 1342 ''Werbok''). In 1256 King
Bela IV moved colonists from
Hontianske Nemce
Hontianske Nemce () is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
Notable people
* Marián Labuda, Slovak actor
* Gustáv Valach, Slovak actor
Genealogical resources
The records for geneal ...
to the location of Čabradský Vrbovok. The village belonged to the Čabraď Castle and the Hunt family. In the 15th century the village became a royal property and in 1513 it belonged to the
feudatory
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Tamas Bakóczy. Also in the 15th century it was besieged by the
Bohemia
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n
Jan Jiskra. Later on it belonged to the
Erdődy
The House of Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (also House of Erdödy) is the name of an old Hungarian people, Hungarian-Croats, Croatian noble family with possessions in Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croati ...
and Pálffy families. Between 1547 and 1549 it passed to the
noble man Melichar Balassa, in 1584 to the local family Illésházy and in 1622 to the
yeoman
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Koháry. In 1817 it belonged to the
Coburg
Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...
family.
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Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Presov, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1749-1895 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1728-1896 (parish B)
See also
*
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 (singular , "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 Districts of Slovakia, districts (, singular ), in turn grouped into 8 Regions of Slovakia, regions (, singular ); articles on individu ...
References
External links
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*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
*http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/cabradskyvrbovok/cabradsky-vrbovok.html
*http://www.regionhont.sk
*http://www.tourist-channel.sk/hrady/indexen.php3
of living people in Cabradsky Vrbovok
Villages and municipalities in Krupina District
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