Leopoldov

Sister cities

• Fertőszentmiklós
• Kuřim

History

The town was founded in 1664-1669 as a fortress against the Ottoman Turks on the initiative of Emperor Leopold I (hence the name). It was granted town status in 1669. The fortress has served as a state prison since 1855. A village called "Leopold" (German also: Leopoldstadt, Hungarian since 1873: Lipótvár) was made part of Leopoldov in 1882. In modern Slovakia, Leopoldov is an important transfer point of railway tracks. Leopoldov was founded on fields of old villages of Červeník (former 'Verešvár') and Šulekovo (former Beregsek).

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  265
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  247
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  243
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  238
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  227
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  226
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  219
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  197

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2026-02-21
  11 km ESE of Šamorín, Slovakia
• M 2.8 — 2018-08-17
  1 km ENE of Tren?ianske Teplice, Slovakia
• M 3.6 — 2006-03-13
  5 km NNW of Leopoldov, Slovakia
• M 3.1 — 2006-03-09
  3 km SSW of Tren?ianske Teplice, Slovakia
• M 3 — 2004-10-14
  7 km SSE of Pér, Hungary
• M 3.5 — 2004-09-23
  12 km NNW of Dudince, Slovakia