Vištuk

History

Archeologists found remains of settlements from roughly 5000 BC. The modern history of the village begins in 1244, when it is first mentioned under the name Vyscha. At that time the village was very new. The entire region was decimated during the 1241-42 Mongol invasion, and subsequently resettled by German winemakers. After another decline in the first half of the 16th century, the town experienced significant growth, largely due to an influx of Croatian settlers in 1540. Vištuk is situated at the merger of three creeks and once had several water reservoirs, the largest of which still exists today. By the end of the 16th Century, the village was one of the largest in the Červený Kameň county. In 1573 the town built its Roman Catholic church of Holy Trinity, in the place of an older, Gothic church. Roughly at the same time, a smaller church was built, later rebuilt into a chapel. In 1705 the village was burned to the ground during the Battle of Budmerice, during the 1703-11 Hungarian independence war led by Francis II Rákóczi. The town was rebuilt, only to be burned down three more times in the 18th century. During that time, Anton Benčič, a Catholic priest, translator and one of the first proponents of the Slovak language, was born in Vištuk in 1745. In the 19th and 20th century the village grew somewhat, mainly thanks to its vineyards. In 1920, the current name, Vištuk, was codified.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  991
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  985
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  843
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  750
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  681
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  665
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  613
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  600

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 4.2 — 2016-04-25
  3 km NNE of Heiligenkreuz, Austria
• M 3.6 — 2013-10-02
  2 km ENE of Unterwaltersdorf, Austria
• M 4.2 — 2013-09-20
  1 km SSW of Leithaprodersdorf, Austria
• M 3.6 — 2006-03-13
  5 km NNW of Leopoldov, Slovakia