See Drážovce church

Drážovce church

See Drážovce for the other Slovak village of this name.Dražovský kostolík is one of the oldest churches in Slovakia, dating from the 11th century, located at Dražovce . It is a typical early Romanesque architecture single nave building with thick enclosure walls and small roundish apse...

 for the church in Drážovce, Nitra

Nitra

Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center...

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Drážovce is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the Krupina District

Krupina District

Krupina District is a district inthe Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was in the Hungarian Hont County.- Municipalities :*Bzovík*Cerovo*Čabradský Vrbovok*Čekovce*Devičie*Dolné Mladonice...

 of the Banská Bystrica Region

Banská Bystrica Region

The Banská Bystrica Region is one of the Slovak regions in the country of Slovakia in Europe.-Geography:It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km². The region is prevailingly mountains, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras...

 of Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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History

The village is first mentioned in Bzovík

Bzovík

Bzovík is a village and municipality in the Krupina District of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-History:In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1135 when the noble Lampert of Hunt-Poznan founded a Cistercian abbey here. In 1433 Bzovík was destroyed by Hussites and in...

 abbey’s list in 1135 (1135 Dras, 1286 Daras, 1349 Darassy, 1394 Vduarnokdaras, 1511 Daras utraque). It belonged to Hont

Hont

Hont is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary and then shortly of Czechoslovakia...

 Castle. In 1296 it was given to a certain Arnold from Banská Štiavnica

Banská Štiavnica

Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of more than 10,000. It is a completely preserved medieval town...

, and from the 16th century it changed many owners: the local feudatory family Dárázsy, Dalmady, Jessenszky (18th century), Radvanszky and Sembery (another local family).

External links

• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/drazovce/drazovce.html
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