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The first archaeological finds were found here at the end of the 19th century, mainly during sand mining. In the years 1905 -1 935 he carried out several archaeological excavations of Gyula Alapa here. From 1953, archaeologists J. Eisner, M. Dušek and J. Paulík continued his work.

The village of Chotín

The first archaeological finds were found here at the end of the 19th century, mainly during sand mining. In the years 1905 -1 935 he carried out several archaeological excavations of Gyula Alapa here. From 1953, archaeologists J. Eisner, M. Dušek and J. Paulík continued his work.

The area of the village has been continuously inhabited since the early Bronze Age, when an ashtray burial ground of northern Pannonian culture was found here (on an elevated spot in today's cemetery). An important ashtray burial ground of the Chotin culture in the location of Sasüllö and Simítós (around 1000 graves) dates from the late Bronze Age. In the location of Disznólegelö, a Thracian burial ground from the Early Iron Age (310 skeletal and 152 grave graves) was found. From the Late Iron Age, it is a Celtic burial ground from the Late Iron Age (36 graves) at Sunnyogó. From the Late La Tène two grave graves at the location of Sashegy. An extremely important Celtic burial ground was discovered at the location of Felsö - Kenderföld (47 graves, of which 4 are graveyards, the other skeletal).

The richness of the local finds (weapons, jewelery, personal items, etc.), which made Chotín famous beyond the borders of Slovakia, is remarkable. From Roman times, a unique find of a bronze buckle was found in the Thracian burial ground. A large settlement from this period was found in the location of Delihega. In the position of Alsó - Kenderföld, finds from the earlier Roman period were found, in the position of Sunnyogó, fragments of atypical bricks, confirming the probable occurrence of a Roman building in the area of the village. Two tombstones with inscriptions that came to the archbishop's mayor in Bajč also came from the village. One of them was also the first bricked up there, the other was later bricked up in the wall of the mill in Nové Zámky. Several graves from the occupation period were found near the location of Kocsmaköz.

Continuous settlement from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, extensive settlements and burial grounds indicate that in Chotín there must have been a strong center controlling the Danube - Váh - Zittau fords near Komárno. The lasting significance of the village is evidenced by the fact that many historical documents have been preserved and we know its old history relatively well. The local native of Esztergom, reading the canon Sixtus in 1258, left the inherited land to his sister's son. But in 1264, in the same country, where previously there were more than 15 households of royal branches and jobagionians of Komárno Castle, as well as one guardian, the king donated to Sixtus as a reward for the embassy in Rome; then Queen Mary gave him the local royal lands. In 1266 King Bela IV. confirmed this donation to the Komárno archdecan Sixtus. In 1272 King László IV. confirmed Sixtus' decision to donate his Chotín property at the property of the Archbishop of Esztergom to the Church of Esztergom for the construction of the monastery of St. Anna.

From 1305, the village became the property of the Esztergom archbishopric. When the village became the property of the Archbishop of Esztergom, the Jobagionians later became its peasants - the predialists. At the beginning of the 16th century, the peasant families of the Attyay family, the Acsay family and the Kozma family lived here, before that the property of Zsigmond Szentiványi was owned here. In 1505 we find here the farmer Flóris Sáfrána Páruztay.
In 1526, after the battle of Mohács, the Turks invaded the weakened country and their more than 150-year occupation began. The teachings of the Protestant Church soon spread to our community, which the Archbishop of Esztergom certainly did not like. In 1552, only four inhabited houses are listed here. In the list of archbishop's estates from 1550 - 1554 there are peasants in Hethyna - predialists are unknown, it was related to the difficult situation of the abandoned village. Hetin belonged to Sandzak Esztergom and in 1570 28 houses were written here and the village itself was characterized as a "karijje", a smaller village.


Only after the liberation of the Nové Zámky fortress from the Turks in 1685 could the village breathe. In 1691, the local inhabitants fled to Komárno before oppression. At the beginning of the 18th century, the ports were abandoned, so they were inhabited by inhabitants from the Nitra and Tekovská counties. In 1703, the last anti-Habsburg uprising of Ferenc II broke out. Rákóczi and also in the vicinity of the village operated several times by Kurucs or imperial soldiers. The uprising was suppressed in 1711, but soon a land plague broke out, which greatly decimated the local population. Then the situation calmed down and the village could develop. In 1720 there were 14 households and vineyards are also mentioned. The local landowner was the Archbishopric of Esztergom, but the property was also owned by Mihály Sándor, who sold it to Ferenc Gyulay in 1734. Certain property parts were owned by the Tolvay family. Later, this part of the property fell into the hands of the Archbishopric of Esztergom, which became the only landowner here. Nevertheless, Chotín was a purely Calvinist village, although in times of religious intolerance the local believers went to church in Radvan nad Dunajom.

During the first census of the country's population in the years 1784 - 1787, 93 homes of 919 inhabitants were registered in the village. In 1800, a flood with ice flooded a large area around Komárno, so from Chotín it was possible to sail to the county town on a raft. In 1828, there were already 156 homes, with 959 inhabitants. Chotín belonged to the Gutian estate of the Archbishop of Esztergom. The ideas of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/49 also enchanted the local population in the hope that the Hungarians would control their own destinies. 19 local residents enlisted in the Honvéd army, who were included in the 18th Battalion Komárno - Vác.

In the years 1856 and 1882, the village was engulfed in a large fire and it was mostly reduced to ashes. Fires were a common occurrence, and reed and thatched roofs ignited easily, which greatly afflicted the then inhabitants. The village's response to this catastrophe was the establishment of the Voluntary Fire Brigade in 1888.
The inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, crafts, domestic production and door-to-door sales. Local farmers are in. In 1891 they took part in an industrial and economic exhibition in Komárno with cereals, grapes, wine and fruit. On May 5, 1910, the Komárno - Nové Zámky railway line was handed over to the public, which was built by the companies of the Grünwald brothers and Jenö Kissa. A railway station was built 3 km southwest of the village. Frühwald's mayor was built at the lower end of the village.



The outbreak of World War I (1914 - 1918) brought only suffering to the common people, and unfortunately, 45 local inhabitants fell on its battlefields. The year 1918 brought a fundamental change in the life of the local population, and Chotín also became a part of the newly established First Czechoslovakia. But the village still retained its agricultural character and the population did not give up its inclination towards the Hungarians. The estate of the Archbishop of Esztergom was confiscated and partially subdivided. From 1922 Benö Szabó was the general treasurer and then from 1927 to 1931 the mayor. In 1925, the first film screening took place in the village. In 1931, during the economic crisis, catastrophic unemployment also affected the inhabitants of Chotín. In 1936, the Chotín people also took part in a major strike by reapers. After the Vienna Arbitration on November 2, 1938, the village again became part of Hungary, but the outbreak of II. World War II (1939 - 1945) did not allow economic development, the opposite was true. II. World War II claimed a cruel toll on the local population, 49 lives of Chotín people.
The war ended here on March 28, 1945, but even then there was no peace. Hungarians were deprived of their civil rights and schools with the Hungarian language of instruction were closed. As part of the population exchange between Czechoslovakia and Hungary, 48 families were forcibly evicted from there. Slovak families, mainly from Békéscsaba and Kiskörös, moved here in their place. The composition of the local population has changed considerably. After the communist coup in February 1948, the situation calmed down, but Chotín began to turn into a socialist village. In 1948, the name of the village (Hetény, I. ČSR Hetín) was addressed to Chotín.


In 1949, MO Csemadok was founded. The local JRD was founded in 1950, as part of the IVB, the construction of new family houses began, and the old ones were rebuilt. In 1951 and 1965, floods threatened to flood the village, but the location on a slightly elevated position turned out to be a win. A complex of the Agrochemical Enterprise was built in the area of the village near the railway station. After 1965, a water supply system with a hydroglobe was built, a new mourning house, then the JRD administrative building with a cultural house was built. Sidewalks and gradually paved roads were built. The Gólyacsárda restaurant was opened. In the years 1969 - 1973 a new building of the primary school was built and later also the building of the Jednota sd department store. In 1974 the gasification of the village began, in 1976 and 1979 the municipal water supply system was extended. In 1981, the construction of a new kindergarten building began, and in the JRD line, tomatoes were processed into juice, which was transported to Novofrukt in Nové Zámky.
The face of the village has changed completely in recent decades, but not always in a positive sense. November 1989 marked the end of the Communist Party government, and despite the economic crisis, which is deepening from year to year, positive changes can be observed in the village. Private business is starting, the OcÚ building was rebuilt and in 1991 - 1992 the former dilapidated notary's building was rebuilt into the Lilla Gallery. The former tavern was converted into a liqueur. Several monuments were built and the village was generally roasted. But on the other hand, the local JRD went bankrupt and the slaughterhouse is not in the hands of a local businessman.

The solitude of Örs lying towards Krátká Kesy is first mentioned after 1247 as Vrs, when Chudur and Micov Örsi testify to the division of Kava. In 1256 the local castle land of King Bela IV. supplemented with land and vineyards taken from the Order of St. Lazarus. he donated it to the German come Siegfried (Sebret - Seridus) de Medlek (Mödlingi). Later, solitude became the property of the Esztergom Chapter and disappeared during the Turkish wars.

The solitude of Lándor (Nándor) also belonged to the village of Chotín and its name testifies to the Bulgarian settlement, which originated at the turn of the 1st and 2nd centuries. After 1247, its inhabitants consisted of two villages testifying to the division of Kava. The village is then mentioned as Nandur. In 1291, both villages were the property of the Archbishop of Esztergom, but royal courtmen also lived here. That year, the village became the property of Archbishop Ladomer. In 1487 he was one of the important stops of the archbishop's fishermen. In the years 1554 - 1563 it is registered as Nandor, but only as an abandoned village ravaged by the Turks. He later appeared as Belsö - and Külsö Lándor left. A steam filling station with almost complete technical equipment has been preserved at Belsölándorpuszta. Solitude with the mayor after 1945 was attached to Komárno.

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

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Languages: Slovak

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Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Updated on: 21.4.2020
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The village of Chotín
Obecný úrad Chotín
486
946 31  Chotín
Region: Nitriansky
District: Komárno
Area: Podunajsko
 47.804915, 18.230596

Obecný úrad Chotín
486
946 31  Chotín

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