Vel'ky Meder, Slovakia

Dunajská Streda okres, Trnava region

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• Veľký Meder town flag
• Veľký Meder Coat of Arms

• Slovakia
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• Dunajská Streda okres
• Trnavský kraj

Veľký Meder flag

Veľký Meder was named Calovo from 1948 till 1990. In Hungarian: Nagymegyer from the name of one of the Hungarian Tribes (Megyer). The Megyer Tribe was the tribe of the Arpad House. This town has 9.247 inhabitants (87% Hungarian; 1990 census). The village was in the Komárom (in Slovakian Komárno) County of the Kingdom of Hungary to 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.
István Molnár, 19 Jun 2000

Veľký Meder Coat of Arms