Dolná Strehová

Municipality in Slovakia

48°15′N 19°30′E / 48.250°N 19.500°E / 48.250; 19.500Country

SlovakiaRegionBanská BystricaDistrictVeľký KrtíšFirst mentioned1245Area

• Total21.13 km² (8.16 sq mi)Elevation

239 m (784 ft)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

991 02

Area code+421-47Car plateVKWebsitewww.dolnastrehova.sk

Dolná Strehová (Hungarian: Alsósztregova) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

Etymology

The name comes from Slavic strъg-, strěg-: to watch, to guard.^[1] 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.^[1]

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 family. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, it became part of the newly formed Czechsolovakia. In 1938, by the First Vienna Award, it was returned to Hungary until the end of World War II, when it became part of Czechsolovakia again. Since 1993, it is part of Slovakia.

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)

References

^ ^a ^b Varsik, Branislav (1990). Slovanské (slovenské) názvy riek na Slovensku a ich prevzatie Maďarmi v 10.-12. storočí (in Slovak). Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied. pp. 69–70. ISBN 80-224-0163-3.

External links

Media related to Dolná Strehová at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
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