Kopčany ( or ; ) is a municipality and village in the

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. It lies near the border with the

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History

The oldest historical records to mention Kopčany date from 1392. However, the village is much older. In the 9th century, Kopčany was part of the agglomeration of Mikulčice, an important centre and possibly the capital of

Great Moravia Great Moravia (; , ''Meghálī Moravía''; ; ; , ), or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, possibly including territories which are today part of the Czech Repub ...

. Kopčany is also the site of one of the oldest standing buildings for which a Great Moravian origin is postulated, the Church of St. Margaret of Antioch.

Geography

The municipality has an

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Skalica District Skalica District (''okres Skalica'') is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. It lies in the northern part of Záhorská nížina, a lowland between Bratislava and Czech Republic. The district was established in 1923 and its current ...

in the

Demographics

Kopčany has a

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of about 2,584 people.

Notable people

Izidor Kovárik Izidor Kovárik (29 March 1917 – 11 July 1944) was a fighter pilot in the Czechoslovak Air Force (1938–1939) and Slovak Air Force (1939–1944) who became a flying ace on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. He became Slovakia's secon ...

(1917–1944), war pilot *

Dagmara Bollová Dagmara Bollová, also known as ''Dagmar Bollová'' (born 16 September 1942 in Kopčany) is a former Slovak politician, who served as an MP of the National Council between 2002 and 2006. She was elected on the Communist Party of Slovakia list ...

(born 1942), politician

References

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Štátný Archív in Bratislava, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1678–1910 (parish A) * Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1786–1895 (parish B)

External links

Surnames of living people in Kopčany
Great Moravia Villages and municipalities in Skalica District {{Trnava-geo-stub