Gemerský Sad () is a
village
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Revúca District
Revúca District (''okres Revúca'') is a district in
the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. District had been established in 1996. Forests make 60% of the district area. Revúca District consist of 42 municipalities, from which three ha ...
in the
Banská Bystrica Region
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of
Slovakia
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.
History
It arose in 1964 for the union of Mikolčany and Nováčany () in one Municipality. Mikolčany was first mentioned in 1337 (1337 ''Mykoucha'', 1340 ''Mykocha'', 1351 ''Mykochan'', 1486 ''Mykolchan'') when it belonged to feudatoris Zachy. In 1427 King
Ladislav Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.
Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.
Spellings and variations
In Bulgarian ...
established here some
Székelys
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. In 1582 it was destroyed by
Turks
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. Nováčany was first mentioned in 1258 (1258 ''Zahy'', 1337 ''Noztre'', 1427 ''Naztrad'', 1486 ''Nostray'', 1563 ''Nowaczan'') when it belonged to local Lords Zahy. After it passed to Giczey local feudatories. From 1938 to 1945 both the villages were annexed by
Hungary
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.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Kosice, Slovakia"
* Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1779-1898 (parish B)
* Reformated church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1763-1900 (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
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
*http://www.gemerskysad.ou.sk/
of living people in Gemersky Sad
Villages and municipalities in Revúca District
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