Lehnice

Lehnice (Hungarian: Lég, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈleːɡ], German: Legendorf) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

For the city now in Poland, see Legnica.

Lehnice Lég
village
Railway station
Location of the village
Coordinates: 48°03′10″N 17°27′20″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1239
Government [1][2]
• Mayor	Ferenc Szitási (SDKÚ-DS)
Area
• Total	25.338 km^2 (9.783 sq mi)
Elevation	121 m (397 ft)
Population  (2014)[3]
• Total	2,576
• Estimate  (2008)	2,540
• Density	100/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Ethnicity [3]
• Hungarians	68.87%
• Slovaks	26.86%
Time zone	UTC+1 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code	930 37
Area code(s)	+421 31
Website	www.lehnice.sk/hu

Component villages

In Slovak	In Hungarian	Year of attachment
Sása	Szász	1940
Malý Lég	Kislég	1940
Veľký Lég	Nagylég	1940
Masníkovo	Előpatony	1960

Geography

The municipality lies at an altitude of 121 metres and covers an area of 25.338 km².

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Lehnice became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The name of the municipality was first recorded in 1239 by its Hungarian name as Legu. Until the end of World War I, all the present-day component villages of the municipality were part of Hungary and fell within the Somorja district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the area became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. In 1940, three neighboring villages were unified to form Lég municipality. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947. In 1960, Masníkovo (Előpatony) was also attached to the municipality.

Demography

At the 2001 Census the recorded population of the village was 2409 while an end-2008 estimate by the Statistical Office had the villages's population as 2540. As of 2001, 68.87% of its population (1659 residents) were Hungarians while 26.86% (647 residents) were Slovaks. Roman Catholicism is the majority religion of the village, its adherents numbering 87.26% of the total population.[3]

Twinnings

The village is twinned with:

• Répcelak, Hungary

References

1. Local election results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, December 2014
2. Local election 2014 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
3. "Urban and Municipal Statistics MOŠ". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26.