Kostolné Kračany

Kostolné Kračany
Egyházkarcsa
Kostolné Kračany; Egyházkarcsa
village
	The church of the village
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of the village
	Coordinates: 47°59′01″N 17°34′36″E / 47.98361°N 17.57667°ECoordinates: 47°59′01″N 17°34′36″E / 47.98361°N 17.57667°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1215
Named for	the Hungarian Karcsa clan
Government
• Mayor	László Gódány (Most-Híd, Party of the Hungarian Coalition)
Area
• Total	13.96 km2 (5.39 sq mi)
Elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	1,162
• Estimate (2008)	1,293
• Density	90/km2 (200/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Hungarians	92.77%
• Slovaks	5.51%
Time zone	UTC+1 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code	930 03
Area code(s)	+421 31

Kostolné Kračany (Hungarian: Egyházkarcsa, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈɛɟhaːzkɒrtʃɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Component villages[]

The village also administers 5 other villages:

hideIn Slovak	In Hungarian
Amadeho Kračany	Amadékarcsa
Kynceľove Kračany	Göncölkarcsa
Moravské Kračany	Mórockarcsa
Pinkove Kračany	Pinkekarcsa
Šipošovske Kračany	Siposkarcsa

Geography[]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 119 metres, 5 km southwest of Dunajská Streda, and covers an area of 13.916 km².

History[]

In the 11th century, the territory of Kostolné Kračany became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1215 as Corcha. Its first church was consecrated to Saint Bartholomew before 1249. However, the settlement is considered to originate from the era of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin as the structure of the village reflects the ecclesiastical system as organised by King St Stephen of Hungary. The king ordered that all 10 villages must build a church, the villages named Karcha build the church in this village whose name in Hungarian means Church Karcha.

In the 14th century, it consisted of the following villages: Egyházaskarcha (1351), Remegkarcha (1355), Diákkarcha (1357), Barthalkarcha (1377) Lászlókarcha (1377) és Lucakarcha (1467). In 1561, the people of the village converted to the Protestant Reformed church, and only in 1729 was the Catholic congregation re-established. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the village was under the patronage of the Somogyi family. The population, 62 in 1840, grew to 80 by 1910. Ethnically, the population was predominantly Hungarian. Until the Treaty of Trianon, it was part of Pozsony county.

Demography[]

According to the 2001 census, its total population was 1162, including 1078 ethnic Hungarians (92,77%) and 64 ethnic Slovaks (5,51%). As of December 31, 2008 the estimated resident population was 1293.^[3]

References[]

^ Election results 2006 Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Institute of Informatics and Statistics". Archived from Institute of Informatics and Statistics the original Check |url= value (help) on 2011-02-26.

Genealogical resources[]

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1673-1935 (parish A)

External links[]

[1] Election results 2006 Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine

[Institute_of_Informatics_and_Statistics-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Institute of Informatics and Statistics". Archived from Institute of Informatics and Statistics the original Check |url= value (help) on 2011-02-26.

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