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Bernolákovo, Slovakia

Senec district, Bratislava region

Last modified: 2009-08-15 by jarig bakker
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[flag of Bernolákovo] by Gunnar Staack, 11 June 2000
adopted 29 Apr 1998 See also:

Bernolákovo flag

Image based on the Heraldický Register Slovenskej Republiky II, 2001 - Bernolákovo, Senec district, Bratislava region - adopted 29 Apr 1998.
Bernolákovo (original: Ceklís 1920-1948; Hungarian: Cseklész had 4477 inhabitants in the 1990 census). Most Hungarians migrated in 1948 (Hungarian-Slovakian population exchange). The town was in the Pozsony (in Slovakian Prešporok) County of the Kingdom of Hungary till 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation / Treaty of Trianon). 1920-1938 part of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1944 part of Hungary (after the Decision of Vienna). The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Czechoslovakia. Ceklís got the new name in 1948: Bernolákovo. Antonín Bernolák (1762-1813) was born in Alsókubin/Dolný Kubín; he was an Slovakian linguistic. Here is the Esterházy Palace (1714-1720).
István Molnár, 21 Jun 2000

Bernolákovo Coat of Arms

[Bernolákovo Coat of Arms]  image from this site. Based on a 17th century seal; this is the hand of St. Stephen.