Boldog, Slovakia
Boldog
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Boldog or Pozsonyboldogfa (in Slovak: Boldog, in Hungarian: Pozsonyboldogfa) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 124 metres and covers an area of 4.496 km2. It has a population of about 433.[5]
History
In the 9th century, the territory of Boldog was part of possibly of
Roman Inscription
In 1978, during restoration work in the church, a remarkable gravestone for a Roman Centurion of Legio XV Apollinaris, who is also described as a 'Negotiator' or trader, was found in the wall of the sacristy. The inscription is as follows:
Q ATILIVS
SP.F.VOT.PRI
MVS.INTER R EX
LEG XV.IDEM.
NEGOTIATOR.AN
LXXX. HSE
Q.ATILIVS COCI
TUS.ATILIA QL EAV
STA.PRIVATUS.ET
MARTIALIS.HERED
P
L
According to Dr. Titus Kolník[6] inscription translates as:
Quintus Atilius Primus, son of Spurio Tribune Votbrimus (or of the tribe Voturina.
The Parish Church
The Church, dedicated to the
Demography
Population by nationality:
Nationality | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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Hungarians | 79.80% | 70.30% | 56,07% |
Slovaks | 18.20% | 24.50% | 37,38% |
Czechs | 1% | 1.8% | 0,2% |
English | 0,70% |
References
- ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ T Kolnik, ‘Q. Atilius Primus-Interprex, Centurio und Negotiator’, Acta Arch Hungarica 30 (1978), 61
- ^ H Elton 'Frontiers of the Roman Empire', Routledge 2013, 80, gives an alternative translation 'Here lies Quintus Atilius Primus, son of Spurius, of the tribe of Voturina, interpreter of legio XV, centurion of the same, 80 years old. His heirs Quintus Atilis Cositutus, Atilia Quinta freedwoman, Fausta and Martialis placed this
- ^ Oriško, Š.: Románske umenie na Slovensku - maliarstvo a sochárstvo. Filozofická fakulta Trnavská univerzita v Trnave, Trnava 2009.
- ^ www.apsida.sk - profil románskeho kostola- a website discussing Romanesque churches in the Bratislava area
External links/Sources
Media related to Boldog, Slovakia at Wikimedia Commons