Croats in Slovakia
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Traditionally Croat-populated villages in Slovakia are Chorvátsky Grob (Hrvatski Grob), Čunovo, Devínska Nová Ves (Devinsko Novo Selo), Rusovce (Rosvar) and Jarovce (Hrvatski Jandrof).
Croatian organisations in Slovakia include the Croatian Cultural Alliance (Croatian: Hrvatski kulturni savez u Slovačkoj) as well as several smaller folklore groups. Alliance organizes Croatian festival in Devinsko Novo Selo, with concerts, exhibitions and gastronomy.[3] The writer of the first Croatian-Slovak dictionary, Ferdinand Takač is a Croat from Chorvátsky Grob.[4] There is also the Museum of Croatian Culture in Slovakia in Devínska Nová Ves.[5]
Since Slovak independence, the Croats of Slovakia have maintained good ties with other autochthonous Croatian communities in Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary.[6]
The former President of Slovakia Ivan Gašparovič is of Croat descent.[7]
See also
- Croatia–Slovakia relations
- Demographics of Slovakia
- Croats
- List of Croats
References
- ^ a b "From the lives of Croatian faithful outside Croatia". Archived from the original on 2005-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
- ^ Croatian Genealogy Online Newsletter
- ^ Karall, Kristijan (16 July 2023). "34. Hrvatski festival u Slovačkoj" [34th Croatian festival in Slovakia]. hrvatskenovine.at (in Croatian). Hrvatske novine. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Kultura". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ "Múzeum kultúry Chorvátov na Slovensku SNM, Bratislava". www.muzeum.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ Other languages in Slovakia
- ^ Plamenko Cvitić (17 August 2008). "Ivan Gašparović - slovački predsjednik u zemlji predaka" [Ivan Gašparovič - Slovakian president in the land of his ancestors] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
External links
- Croatian minority in Slovakia
- Croats in Slovakia (in Croatian and Slovak)
- The Ethnocultural Development of Croatians in Slovakia (in English and Croatian)