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Želiezovce Zselíz | |
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| Coordinates:48°03′N18°40′E / 48.05°N 18.66°E /48.05; 18.66 | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region |  Nitra Region |
| District | Levice District |
| First mentioned | 1274 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | András Juhász (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Total | 56.52 km2 (21.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,588 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 937 01[2] |
| Area code | +421 36[2] |
| Car plate | LV |
| Website | www |
Želiezovce (Hungarian:Zselíz, until 1895:Zseliz;German:Zelis) is atown inSlovakia in theNitra Region in theLevice District, near theHron river.
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The territory of the settlement was inhabited as early as theBronze Age, theQuadi period and theGreat Moravian period. The town was first mentioned in 1274. It was heavily damaged at the end ofWorld War II.
The town gave name to the archeologicalŽeliezovce group (named after a find in Veľký Pesek, now part of the villageSikenica, which was part of Želiezovce in 1986-1992).
The most notable monument of Želiezovce is the medieval church of St James the Greater, situated in the town centre. It was built in its current form in the mid-fourteenth century, combining a polygonal apse with a single nave. The building has been richly decorated with at least four different layers of wall painting, which survive from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The original context of these murals has been analysed in detail in the recent monograph (2018) by Krisztina Ilko, "The Medieval Wall Paintings of the Church of St James in Želiezovce."[7] Ilko has investigated how the wall paintings were connected to the patronage of the Becsei family who intended to develop a new dynastic seat in Želiezovce. The focal point of this research was the unique iconography of a fresco from the 1380s in the apse which depicts a celestial trial for the departing soul of the local landlord and knight George Becsei. Other surviving murals include a Man of Sorrows on the south-eastern wall of the apse, St Catherine in a sedilia in the nave, and SS Martin and Leonard of Noblac further down on the south wall of the nave.
According to the 2001census, the town had 7,522 inhabitants. 51.25% of inhabitants wereHungarians, 47.10%Slovaks, 0.55%Roma and 0.49%Czechs.[8] The religious make-up was 61.27%Roman Catholics, 18.43% people with no religious affiliation, and 6.37%Lutherans.[8]
The town is known for a formerNeoclassical residence of Count Johann KarlEsterházy, where theAustrian composerFranz Schubert taught music to the Count's daughters Maria and Karoline in the summers of 1818 and 1824. Apart from a nice large park, there is another important building: the Schubert House or Owl Chateau (Slovak:Soví zámoček, Magyar:Baglyosház), where Franz Schubert stayed, and composed some of his works. Finally, the town features aGothicCatholic church, severely damaged in 1945.
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