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Hlohovec (
German:
Freistadt(l) an der Waag,
Hungarian Galgóc) is a town in southwestern
Slovakia, with a
population of 23,029.
Geography
The river
Váh flows through the town. Hlohovec is a crossroad among the historic towns
Trnava and
Nitra, close to the famous
spa Piešťany.
History
The first written evidence of its existence is from
1113, when a town with the name
Galgocz was mentioned in the so-called Second Zobor Document. In
1362 Hlohovec obtained town privileges.
Ottoman troops captured city and annexed it to the
sanjak of
Uyvar as the Holok eyaletin 1663. Austrian troops retook it in 1685.
Landmarks
The dominant building is a
Renaissance-
Baroque castle built in
1720. The castle is built on the place of a pre-existing
Slavic settlement and a medieval castle. In the castle area is the
Empire theatre built in
1802, a riding school from the
18th century, and a Baroque garden pavilion.
In the middle of
St. Michael Square stands the
Gothic church of St. Michael with its highly decorated portal. Next to the church is the Chapel of
Saint Anna from the
18th century. In the northern border of the central part of the town is the
Franciscan church and monastery built in
1492. Part of the monastery premises nowadays occupies the Museum of National History and Geography.
The most visited and beautiful natural part of town is the castle park with its lake,
French terraces, and rare wood-species, especially old
sycamore trees.
Demographics
According to the 2001
census, the town had 23,729 inhabitants. 97.85% of inhabitants were
Slovaks, 0.72%
Roma and 0.63%
Czechs. The religious make-up was 79.58%
Roman Catholics, 14.85% people with no religious affiliation and 2.44%
Lutherans.
Famous people
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