Bušince (; ) is a
village
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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
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of southern
Slovakia
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.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1248 (''Bussa''). It belonged to
Divín, and after until the 17th century to
Modrý Kameň
Modrý Kameň (lit. "Blue Stone"; ; ) is a town and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.
Geography
It is located on the Krupina Plain () on the Krtíš and ''Riečka'' rivers. It is a ...
. It suffered war devastations very much. It was defended by the great condottiere Tercsi, but in 1595 was occupied by
Turks
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Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic lang ...
. From 1938 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 ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Bušince is
twinned with:
*
Nepomuk
Nepomuk (; ) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. It is known as the birthplace of Saint John of Nepomuk, who was born here around 1340.
Administrative division
Nepomuk ...
, Czech Republic
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
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Státný archiv in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1787-1945 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1745-1931 (parish B)
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
*http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/busince/busince.html
of living people in Busince
Villages and municipalities in Veľký Krtíš District
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