Horné Saliby

Horné Saliby
Horné Saliby ; Felsőszeli
	Village
	Horné Saliby Location of Horné Saliby in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 48°7′28″N 17°45′1″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trnava
District	Galanta
First mentioned	1115
Government
• Mayor	Pál Dobosy
Area
• Total	34.84 km2 (13.45 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,225
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Postal code	925 03
Area code(s)	0 31
Car plate	GA

Horné Saliby (Hungarian: Felsőszeli) is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

Geography

The municipality lies at an elevation of 117 metres and covers an area of 34.838 km². It has a population of about 3,156 people.

The territory was already a part of the Kingdom of Great Moravia, the first Slavic state ever, when, after weakening battles with the Frankish Empire, in the 9th century, the eastern part of Great Moravia was occupied by nomadic Magyar tribes. The territory of Horné Saliby became part of the Kingdom of Hungary, later acknowledged by the Frankish Empire. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1233. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Horné Saliby once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.

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

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