Dvory nad Žitavou

History

The first written sign of the municipality is from 1075. It mentions the Latin name of the municipality - Villa Hudvordensium super aquam Sitou - which means the settlement of masters (peasants) above the river Žitava. The first settlers were the established Pečang-s. The place now known as Udvard was generated from merging 4 settlements Hudvord, Huba, Pazman and Vadkert. Udvard got a license from the king to collect duty on the river crossing and later on the bridge. In 1248 one German knight Resser got a piece of the Udvardian estate as a gift. Later in 1256 another German knight Sebret a Sefrid de Medek got the right of collecting duty on the Žitava river. After the knights left, these estates and rights were given to the Archbishop of Esztergom. The estates given to Garamsaintbenedict-abbey were a conflict-point between the abbot and the archbishop. The estate was thereafter held by the Estergomian archbishop, who held an earth-master position until 1848, the end of the subjugate. In 1228 the Udvardian masters/peasants organized an insurgency, because of the unbearable taxes that the abbey took from them. This was the first villein-insurgency in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Udvard got his name after the masters who were serving in the royal chateau. In the medieval and later ages, Udvard was a place where many significant events took place. 1309 is a very important date because a synod with the Estergomian archbishop as leader took place in the royal chateau on the top of Saint-Martin hillock. At this synod, they legitimated the ruling role of Charles Robert from the dynasty of Anjou's, and they made a decision about the punishment of intemperate criminals who belonged to Čák Mathias (Čák Matúš) and about his own silencing. They prescribed, beside the…

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  163
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  152
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  139
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  139
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  126
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  126
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  125
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  118

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2026-02-21
  11 km ESE of Šamorín, Slovakia
• M 4 — 2014-01-19
  4 km ESE of Balassagyarmat, Hungary
• M 4.1 — 2013-06-05
  4 km NE of Érsekvadkert, Hungary
• M 4.3 — 2011-01-29
  1 km E of Kecskéd, Hungary
• M 2.9 — 2007-11-18
  6 km SSE of Rimóc, Hungary
• M 3.6 — 2006-03-13
  5 km NNW of Leopoldov, Slovakia