Dolná Strehová

Dolná Strehová
Dolná Strehová
Municipality
	Roman Catholic Church
	Dolná Strehová Location of Dolná Strehová in the Banská Bystrica Region Dolná Strehová Location of Dolná Strehová in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°15′N 19°30′E / 48.250°N 19.500°E / 48.250; 19.500
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica
District	Veľký Krtíš
First mentioned	1245
Area
• Total	21.13 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Elevation	239 m (784 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	991 02
Area code	+421-47
Car plate	VK
Website	www.dolnastrehova.sk

Dolná Strehová (Hungarian: Alsósztregova) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

Etymology

The name comes from Slavic strъg-, strěg-: to watch, to guard.^[1] 1245 de villa Stregowa, 1250 Stregoa, 1310 de Strigua, 1349 poss. Stregoua, 1393 Ztregua, 1461 Stregwa, 1487 Ztrehowa, 1808 sk. Dolnj Střehowá, hu. Asló-Sztregova and sk. Hornj Střehowá, hu. Felső-Sztregova.^[1]

History

The village belonged to many feudatory families. In 1534 it passed to Léva town (today Levice, Slovakia). In the 18th century it belonged to the Esterházy family. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, it became part of the newly formed Czechsolovakia. In 1938, by the First Vienna Award, it was returned to Hungary until the end of World War II, when it became part of Czechsolovakia again. Since 1993, it is part of Slovakia.

Genealogical resources

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

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1811-1899 (parish A)
Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1815-1897 (parish A)

References

^ a b Varsik, Branislav (1990). Slovanské (slovenské) názvy riek na Slovensku a ich prevzatie Maďarmi v 10.-12. storočí (in Slovak). Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied. pp. 69–70. ISBN 80-224-0163-3.

External links

Media related to Dolná Strehová at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/dolna-strehova/dolna-strehova.html
Surnames of living people in Dolna Strehova

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[varsik-1] Varsik, Branislav (1990). Slovanské (slovenské) názvy riek na Slovensku a ich prevzatie Maďarmi v 10.-12. storočí (in Slovak). Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied. pp. 69–70. ISBN 80-224-0163-3.