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The village of Koválovec

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The area of the village was inhabited in prehistoric times, as evidenced by several finds found in various parts of the area. Gradually, members of different cultures took turns here. Among the first we already know by name were the Swabian Quadi at the beginning of our era. In 406 AD. the vast majority of the Svébov tribe is leaving for the west. Their place here is taken by the Germanic Heruls. In 508, they defeated Herul's Longobards and became the new masters of our territory.

The village of Koválovec

The area of the village was inhabited in prehistoric times, as evidenced by several finds found in various parts of the area. Gradually, members of different cultures took turns here. Among the first we already know by name were the Swabian Quadi at the beginning of our era. In 406 AD. the vast majority of the Svébov tribe is leaving for the west. Their place here is taken by the Germanic Heruls. In 508, they defeated Herul's Longobards and became the new masters of our territory.

Already during the reign of the Longobards, the first Slavs began to penetrate our territory from the north through the Moravian Gate. After the departure of the Longobards in 568 in Italy, their place was taken by the Moravian Slavs. This ends the mass migration of nations in our territory, and these Slavs are already settling here permanently. Their descendants probably in the 14th century also settled the territory of our village and founded the settlement Koválovec. Since 568, we have been part of the Moravian Principality, which in 623 to 658 was part of the Sam Empire. In 833, the Moravians defeated the Nitra Principality. The territorial expansion of Moravians creates Great Moravia. The Great Moravian Empire was subverted by the Hungarians in 906, and our territory came to the border of the influences of the Czech Kingdom, which conquered Moravia in 929, and the Kingdom of Hungary, into which the Principality of Nitra came. After centuries of tug-of-war over the territory of Záhorie between the Czech, Polish and Hungarian kingdoms, it eventually fell to Hungary and became its border area, a confinium.

The first written mention of the village dates from 1394. The village is mentioned here as Kiskowalov, belonging to the Branč estate. In 1452 there were 15 courts. In 1471, the village is already mentioned as Kowalowecz. The vineyards are documented in writing in 1554. In 1558 the village is mentioned as Kys Kowalyo. The first seal of the village dates from 1617, on which there is a bunch of grapes and a vineyard knife. The village belonged to the parish office in Radošovce. The registry office has been kept since 1631. At the beginning of the 18th century, the village developed. In 1752 he already had 76 families. Since 1773, the name of the village has stabilized at Koválowec. In 1768, a parish was established in Chropov, to which the village has belonged ever since. The registry office has been kept here since the summer of 1775. In 1787, the village has 81 houses and 467 inhabitants. In 1791, they revolted in the village against urban regulation. In 1810, 41 people died of the epidemic. In 1821, Ján Vietoris, an important peasant who was the vicar of the Nitra seat, administrator of the manor, associate judge and superior of the royal estates in Holíč and Šaštín, had a church and cemetery built in the village. He is buried in a tomb in the local cemetery. In 1828, the village had only 49 houses and 344 inhabitants. During cholera in 1831, 16 Koválovčians and 54 Chropovčians were buried in the cholera cemetery. In 1843 the village had 434 inhabitants.
In the revolutionary year of 1848, Pavel Svatík, a miller from Koválovec, was sentenced to death and hanged. He has a memorial in the Senice cemetery and in Chropov near the church. In 1866, Cholera claimed 35 victims in the village. In 1869 the village had 335 inhabitants and a year later 347. In the eighties of the 19th century a municipal school was established. In 1890 the village had 379 inhabitants. A document from 1897 testifies to the first lease of hunting rights in the village. The village enters the 20th century with 333 inhabitants. In 1910 it has 360 inhabitants.

After the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, there were 330 inhabitants and 72 houses in the village in 1919, and 349 in 1921. There is an amateur theater in the village. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the construction of the church, it was renovated and consecrated again. In August, the second feasts will start to be processed after the November feasts. In 1929, a fire brigade was founded. The village had 329 inhabitants in 1930. There was also wind music. At the census on January 1, 1939, there were 72 houses and 353 inhabitants in the village. In the same year, the village was telephoned and electrified after the war. He gives up wearing a village costume. In 1948 the village has 345 inhabitants.

A football club was founded in 1949, and in 1955 a minority peasant cooperative, which, after pressure on the peasants in 1957, turned into a majority one. In 1961 the village had 365 inhabitants. From 1962, children began attending primary school in Radošovce. In 1965, a new store was opened. In 1967, the cultural house was approved. In 1970, the construction of the village was stopped as part of central planning, the village had 303 inhabitants. This has resulted in a steady decline in population, which continues to this day. In 1971, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the church, the church was renovated again. In 1974, the peasant cooperative was annexed to Radošovce. In 1978, the House of Mourning was put into use. In 1979, the village was beautified and the Koválovec reservoir was built. On January 1, 1980, 235 inhabitants lived in our village. In the eighties, the population continued to decline, although in the second half of the year, houses began to be built again.


In 1994, the village commemorated the 600th anniversary of the first written mention. Natives living outside the village were also present at the celebrations. On this occasion, a monograph of the village Koválovec was published, authored by Marián Náhlik. In the nineties, cottagers began to increase in the village and the population stabilized to its current state. An amphitheater has been built next to the culture house, where social events take place. In 1999, the village was gasified. In 2000, the football club was restored. Gradually declining bus connections. In 2002, an asphalt road was built between Koválovec and Chropov. In autumn 2006, the hockey club begins its activities. In June 2007, primaries in the history of the first priest from our village, Milan Puškár, take place in the village. In May 2011, a new asphalt covering of the road from Koválovec to Radošovice was laid. In the spring of 2013, the first children's fire brigade in the village was founded. In October of the same year, the area of the multipurpose playground was made ...

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Transport: By foot, By bike, By car, By bus
Parking: Free parking nearby

Accepted payments: Cash
Languages: Slovak

Suitable for: Childrens, Families with childrens, Elderly, Handicapped, Cyclists, Young, Adults
Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Updated on: 14.4.2020
Source: Obec Koválovec

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monday - friday:
08:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 16:30

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Phone: +421 34 669 6200
Website: kovalovec.sk
The village of Koválovec
Obecný úrad
Koválovec 52
908 63  Koválovec
Region: Trnavský
District: Skalica
Area: Záhorie
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Locality Koválovec

Obecný úrad
Koválovec 52
908 63  Koválovec

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