The village of Zvončín

It belonged to the Červený Kameň estate, and paid to the Archbishop of Esztergom on the Ninth. The three neighboring villages of Suchá, Košolná and Zvončín had a common parish district, with the parish in Suchá nad Parnou since 1240.
In r. In 1543 it was inhabited by 6 families, four years later in In 1547, several Croatian settlers immigrated. In the 17th - 18th century. the Pállfy family often gave it as a deposit to the families of Zicha, Pax and the Jesuit college in Trnava. In r. In 1794 it was annexed to Suchá.
Zvončín lies in the western part of the Trnava loess board, 164 m above sea level, 8 km NW of the district town of Trnava. It cadastrally borders the villages of Šelpice, Suchá nad Parnou, Ružindol and the town of Trnava.
Systematic archaeological research has not yet been carried out. In 1957 dr. Bárta (Arch. Úst. SAV in Nitra) found “layers of carbon in local aluminum, according to which it would be possible to speak of prehistoric settlement” (Šimončič, p. 7, on p. 12, Aluminum is mentioned as the name of the locality). Four decades later, further partial research yielded more concrete results.

In January 1999, during the laying of a gas pipeline on the section Zvončín - Biely Kostol, archaeologists “in the profile of the groove at a depth of 90 - 140 cm located a broken object whose clay filling contained a considerable amount of ceramic material of velatic culture… shards, whole and reconstructable shapes from at least 15 containers. The group was dominated by smaller vessels made of fine clay of light brown and dark gray color. Isolated are the shards of a container made of coarse-grained material of light brown color, the surface of which has been severely cracked. It is possible that the damaged building represents the remnant of a grave unit or ceramic depot. " Atypical prehistoric ceramic material and shards proving intensive settlement in the Bronze Age and Roman times were obtained.
One of the finds was an aerophone, discovered in a groove, at a depth of about 40 cm. The tool made of deer antler has remained almost undamaged, only in the lowest part it is slightly corroded. The whistle tube passes through the entire body of the instrument, the walls are 2-4 mm thick. Due to the state of preservation of the mouth of the instrument, it is not possible to determine exactly whether the mouth was closed or open, both types of flutes occur from the Roman period to the 13th century.
The research was carried out in the Medziháj locality, on the right-bank terrace of Parná, and the findings are currently in a private collection. (AVANS)

In the Accounting Book of Trnava for the years 1394 - 1530, Pavol Zvončínsky is mentioned, the mention refers to the year 1482 (fol. 154 in).
The first "official" written mention is related to the registration of serf duties on the Červený Kameň estate.
In the years 1535-1543, the village was almost not inhabited at all - it had 28 settlements, but only six were inhabited. Urbár from 1543 numbered the houses on the left side of the road towards Suchá (durnpacher strassen): no. 1 - 16 were abandoned, no. 17 used to be Pavol Vitko, 18. Michal Gazda, 19. Martin Jurgovič, mayor, 20. Dian Jurgovič, 22. Ján Polák, 26. Gašpar Jurák. The rest is abandoned.
The Fuggers - the then owners of the Red Stone settled the first Croatian colonists, escaping from the Turkish expansions in Vistuk, Dlha and Dubova. In Suchá they made up almost half of the population. There were two families in Zvončín - Martina and Diana Jurgovičovcov. A stronger wave of new settlers arrived in 1547.
It was not until 1554 that it was fully inhabited - ie 28 settlements, and in 1583 their number even increased to 39.

In the archives of the city of Trnava we have preserved two letters from the mayor Zvončín addressed to a colleague of Trnava, both written in Slovak.
The first of May 5, 1622 - the bellmaster of the bell and the councilors confirm that a "pointer of this letter" appeared before them and asked for an extract from the general books about his claim to property. An extract from September 21, 1614, when Jano Ostrovský divided his property before the then mayor - Ján Heribanovič and 4 councilors Peter Petrovič, Pavel Tomašovič, Martin Albertovič and Ján Šatorovič, was immediately issued to him.
The second, dated September 24, 1690, describes the battle between the young bachelors from Šelpice and the bell-riders according to the witnesses signed on the letter - Jakub Habala and Andraš Heriban.
A receipt (MG, Deputationalia 7-16-8) for the advance payments of Ján Marčiš's property for borrowing 25 gold coins from Ján Slováček in Zvončín on April 24, 1746 has also been preserved.
In the period 1749 - 1770 there was a dispute with the city of Trnava. The bells used the nearby meadows belonging to the city as pastures for their own cattle and poultry. The complaint of Trnava was handled by the mayor of Bratislava - on April 30, 1753, he forbade provocations from the people of Zvončany. Two county officials came in person to reprimand the villagers. It did not help. On August 25, the city of Trnava handed over seven pieces of cattle to the Bratislava servant - František Aradi, who were captured by the gamekeeper's lodge in the Trnava district. The estimate of the damage caused to the city by the "heroic" inhabitants calmed down for a few years. They made themselves known again on April 29, 1811 - at the head of the mayor, two burghers were attacked, who were returning to the city by carriage in the evening. Bratislava County dealt with the case until March 1812.

The history of the village inseparably includes the architecturally, artistically and historically most valuable building - the local church, dedicated to St. Anne.
The church and the tower were built in 1790 in classicist style. The material partly came from the chapel of St. Anna. The rest was donated by Countess Sabinel Pállfa. There were two consecrated bells in the tower.
The building was shaped as a single-nave longitudinal space, which is connected to the presbytery with a semicircular apse. The builders chose the Prussian type of vault for the whole church.
The original altar, from the time of construction was columnar with the image of St. Anne and the statues of St. Barbara and St. Ján Nepomucký on the sides. Archival sources state the year 1875 as the year of reconstruction and modification of the altar to its current form. Today it consists of a canteen with a tabernacle, behind which a beamed halo is placed on an outstretched arm, surrounding the statues of the standing Virgin Mary and St. Anny with little Jesus in the middle. The presbytery is complemented by four sculptures on consoles - the Divine Heart of Jesus and St. Jozef Pestún on the left side and the Heart of the Virgin Mary and St. Anton Paduánsky on the right.

On the left side of the triumphal arch was found an altar with a statue of St. Theresa of Lisieux (Jesus), Carmelites of the 19th century At the age of fifteen, she entered the monastery and tried to find a way to "spiritual childhood." At the instigation of the superiors, she wrote her memories under the title "History of the Soul". She died only 24 years old in 1897 on tuberculosis.
They portrayed her as a young Carmelite with a cross and roses in her arms, according to her words, "… I will send a rain of roses after my death."
Behind her statue hangs a painting that was probably part of the original altar before reconstruction. The theme is St. Anna teaching her daughter Maria.
On the right side is the second side altar with a statue of St. Alojza Gonzaga, a believer. The son of the Marquis of Castiglione near Mantua was originally supposed to be a soldier, he also spent some time at the royal court in Madrid. However, he renounced his secular career and joined the Society of Jesus. He excelled in humility, penance, and moral purity. During the plague in Rome, during the treatment of the sick he became infected and r. 1591 at the age of 23 died. Depicted as a young Jesuit with a cross, lily or skull. Sometimes he has a crown at his feet - a sign of rejection of the title of nobility and secular life. He is the patron of the studying youth.

As with the previous altar, the picture is not missing - we do not know exactly yet - it can represent St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, who was born in present-day Hungary in the 4th century. He came to France as a Roman soldier. In front of the city of Amiens, he gave the beggar half a cloak. At night, Christ appeared to him, clothed in his cloak. After this event, he lived for several years as a hermit and a monk. He was elected bishop, but he refused the ordination and, according to legend, hid among a flock of geese, but they betrayed him. Therefore, in addition to a beggar, a horse and a cloak, its attributes are also geese. Another option may be St. Nicholas, a very popular saint, bishop of the 4th century. Similar to St. Martin, one of his attributes is a beggar - a symbol of his mercy. But most often it has 3 golden lumps, apples or a bag. According to legend, he threw them through the window at night to the three daughters of the impoverished nobleman so that they had the necessary dowry.
In the nave of the church there are two original and most valuable statues from the main altar. On the left side of St. Barbora - virgin and martyr of the 3rd century. A very popular medieval saint, she is one of 14 helpers in need and among 4 great virgins together with Katarína, Margita and Dorota. Her father imprisoned her in a residential tower, yet she received baptism. She had a third window on the tower cut down to remind her of the Holy Trinity. She later underwent imprisonment and torture, and was eventually sentenced by her own father. At the same time, he was hit and killed by lightning - so she is the patron saint of artillery. The main distinguishing features are the chalice with the guest, the tower with three windows and the sword.
They prayed to her for a happy hour of death.

On the opposite side is a statue of St. Ján Nepomucký, a martyr of the 15th century, patron of Bohemia. He reached the rank of Vicar General of the Archbishop of Prague. Conflict with the Czech King Wenceslas IV. he ended up with John's torture and death. The body was thrown from Charles Bridge into the Vltava - according to tradition, he did not want to reveal the confessional secret of Queen Sophia.
John was depicted in a priest's cassock and a rochet with five stars around his head, according to which fishermen found his body in the river. In his hands he holds a cross and a palm branch - a symbol of martyrdom.
Sometimes he has a finger on his mouth - he has kept a secret or a tongue, the tissue of which, according to contemporary sources, was found intact when the sarcophagus opened.
On both sculptures we can see the typical baroque ripple of the whole figure in the shape of the letter S.