Briefly about the history of Igram
Igram lies in the fertile Danube plain near the towns of Trnava, Senec and Modra near the Little Carpathians at an altitude of 148 m. Today, it lies between two important arteries, the railway line and the D1 motorway. The area of the village is flat. It lost its flat character on the Niva and Šúri, there were vineyards that no longer exist today. The area is being considered for the Šarfická road, because the Danube flowed through this part in the past. Until the first third of the last century, groundwater regularly flowed here, so this field was called Mud.
The first written mention of the village is in a document of Bratislava County from 1244, when the village lying by the stream Barzaneh (possibly Barinec) is mentioned under the name Ikrám. The name of the village is derived from the Old Slavic word igrici, which meant musicians, musicians who belonged to Bratislava Castle and settled by the mentioned stream. Another mention of the village is from 1313, it is mentioned in a document of Archbishop Tomas. In 1323, the main county governor of Bratislava County, Count Mikuláš, became the owner of Igram, and from the XV. century, the Zemans of Borš have become long-term owners of Igram. At the beginning of XVI. century, the village was ravaged during the passage of the Spanish mercenary army, which marched against the Turks. In 1553, Count Nyáry's family admits 15 taxable houses here during the portal (tax) census. From 1610, the village was under the administration of the Red Stone Castle. From the middle of the XVII. For centuries, the Erdody family and the Pálffy family stand out as the sole and hereditary owners. At this time, the village has the character of a small peasant settlement headed by an index (mayor) and several subjects and jailers. In addition to small straw-covered houses, there was a small chapel in the village, to which r. In 1861 they added a tower and partially expanded it.