Dolná Strehová () is a
village
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and
municipality
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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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.
Etymology
The name comes from
Slavic
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Peoples
* Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples
** West Slav ...
''strъg-'', ''strěg-'': to watch, to guard.
1245 ''de villa Stregowa'', 1250 ''Stregoa'', 1310 ''de Strigua'', 1349 ''poss. Stregoua'', 1393 ''Ztregua'', 1461 ''Stregwa'', 1487 ''Ztrehowa'', 1808 sk. ''Dolnj Střehowá'', hu. ''Asló-Sztregova'' and sk. ''Hornj Střehowá'', hu. ''Felső-Sztregova''.
History
The village belonged to many feudatory families. In 1534 it passed to
Léva town (today Levice, Slovakia). In the 18th century it belonged to the
Esterházy
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family. In 1920, by the
Treaty of Trianon
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, it became part of the newly formed
Czechoslovakia
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. In 1938, by the
First Vienna Award
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, it was returned to Hungary until the end of
World War II
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, when it became part of Czechoslovakia again. Since 1993, it is part of
Slovakia
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.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1811-1899 (parish A)
* Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1815-1897 (parish A)
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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*https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
*http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolna-strehova/dolna-strehova.html
Surnames of living people in Dolna Strehova
Villages and municipalities in Veľký Krtíš District
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