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Municipality in Nitra Region, Slovakia
Kovarce Kovarc
Municipality
Saint Nicholas churchSaint Nicholas church
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Coordinates: 48°30′N 18°10′E / 48.50°N 18.17°E / 48.50; 18.17
Country Slovakia
Region Nitra Region
DistrictTopoľčany District
First mentioned1280
Area
 • Total25.04 km (9.67 sq mi)
Elevation162 m (531 ft)
Population
 • Total1,527
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code956 15
Area code+421 38
Car plateTO
Websiteobeckovarce.sk

Kovarce (German: Kowarz or Kowaritz; Hungarian: Kovarc) is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. In 2011 it had 1581 inhabitants.

History

Kovarce dates back at least to the late 13th century, in the Hungarian Kingdom, when it was the property of the Ludanick family. It was seized by Matthew III Csák during the troubles of the early 14th century. In 1395, it became property of the Apponyi family. It fell to Turkish attacks in 1530, 1599 and 1663. In 1663–1685, a period of Ottoman rule between the fourth Austro-Turkish war and the War of the Holy League, it was part of the Uyvar Province as an administrative unit of the Nahiye of Nitra.

In 1864 a sugar refinery was built in the village. A daughter of the sugar refinery's founder, Anton Wels, was the maternal grandmother of Audrey Hepburn.

Points of interest

The former castle stands in the midst of the village. The Wels family purchased it from its last aristocratic owners and remodeled it by building a second floor, then sold it to the Apponyi family after the death of Anton Wels in 1876. The Apponyis appear not to have lived there but rented it, to the local Rosenthal brothers until 1906. From 1906 the castle was rented to American businessman (and in 1912 Titanic survivor) Thomas Cardeza, a grandson of the founder of Fidelity Trust Company in Philadelphia, and his French-born wife Mary (née Racine and descendant of Jean Racine), both of whom had lived between 1903 and 1906 in nearby Nitrianska Streda. The Cardezas also made transformations, including building the southern wing's second floor, and kept a small zoo including bears and monkeys in the castle's garden. They left Kovarce after the American entry into World War I in April 1917, but kept renting the property until 1920. In late 1926, Count Henrik Apponyi sold it to the Czechoslovak Government which transformed it into an institution for war invalids. In 1953, it became an institution for mentally ill patients, which it still is under the name "Clementia".

Another mansion in the village, initially built in the 18th century, is now privately owned.

Saint Nicholas Church, in the center of the village, dates back to the 18th century.

Saint Anne Church, on a hill dominating the village, was built in the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style.

  • Former castle, now Clementia institution Former castle, now Clementia institution
  • Statue of Saint Florian in front of the former castle Statue of Saint Florian in front of the former castle
  • St Anne Church St Anne Church

See also

References

  1. "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. "Kovarce - Okres Topoľčany - E-OBCE.sk".
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Muhammed Fatih Çalışır (2009). War and Peace in the Frontier: Ottoman Rule in the Uyvar Province, 1663-1685 (Thesis). Bilkent University. Appendix D. hdl:11693/14839.
  7. "História obce". Kovarce. November 4, 2013.
  8. "Audrey Hepburn". University of Pittsburgh Slovak Studies Program.
  9. Jožo Malý (14 April 2010). "Nájomníci kovarského kaštieľa prežili potopenie Titanicu". My Topoľčany.
  10. Irena Grácová. "Úvodník". Kovarce official website.
  11. Peter Gerši (2013). "Cardezovci v Kovarciach, Európe a vo svete". Kovarce official website.
  12. "História budovy, v ktorej dnes sídli Zariadenie sociálnych služieb "CLEMENTIA", Kovarce siaha niekoľko storočí dozadu". Clementia.

Genealogical resources

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

  • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1698-1932 (parish A)

External links

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