Blatná na Ostrove

Blatná na Ostrove
Blatná na Ostrove; Sárosfa
	village
	Location of the village
	Coordinates: 48°00′25″N 17°26′30″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Dunajská Streda
First written mention	1286
Government
• Mayor	Terézia Földváry[1][2]
Area
• Total	10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi)
Elevation	121 m (397 ft)
Population (2001)[3]
• Total	826
• Estimate (2008)	879
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Ethnicity [3]
• Hungarians	87.89%
• Slovaks	10.17%
Time zone	UTC+1 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)
Postal Code	930 32
Area code(s)	+421 31
Website	www.blatnanaostrove.sk

Blatná na Ostrove (Hungarian: Sárosfa, Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈʃaːroʃfɒ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. It has a post-office, a food store, a petrol station, and a bar. There is also a football playground and a public library in the village.

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Blatná na Ostrove became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Blatná na Ostrove once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

Notable people

István Bittó (1822–1903), a Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1874 to 1875, was born here.

References

Election results 2006 Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
"Institute of Informatics and Statistics". Archived from Institute of Informatics and Statistics the original Check |url= value (help) on 2011-02-26.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1689-1905 (parish B)
Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1706-1895 (parish B)

External links

Surnames of living people in Blatna na Ostrove

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[1] Election results 2006 Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Local election 2010 results by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[Institute_of_Informatics_and_Statistics-3] "Institute of Informatics and Statistics". Archived from Institute of Informatics and Statistics the original Check |url= value (help) on 2011-02-26.