Old ethnic map of the Hungarian Kingdom with the census results from 1880. The Croatian-populated areas around Bratislava (Pressburg) are also represented
The Croats (Croatian: Hrvati; Slovak: Chorváti) are an ethnic minority in Slovakia, numbering 850 people according to the 2001 census, although the relatively compact patriotic Croatian community may number as many as 3500 people. The Croatian minority has a member in the Slovak Council for Minorities.[1]
Croats mainly live in the Bratislava Region. They went there during the Ottoman wars in Croatia, with most arriving between 1530 and 1570.[2] This emigration started after the Battle of Mohács in 1528, with most of the migrants coming from the Sisak region, Kostajnica, Čazma, Križevci, Slunj, and Slavonia.[1]
Traditionally Croat-populated villages in Slovakia are Chorvátsky Grob (Hrvatski Grob), Čunovo, Devínska Nová Ves (Devinsko Novo Selo), Rusovce (Rosvar) and Jarovce (Hrvatski Jandrof).
Croatian organisations in Slovakia include the Croatian Cultural Alliance (Croatian: Hrvatski kulturni savez u Slovačkoj) as well as several smaller folklore groups. Alliance organizes Croatian festival in Devinsko Novo Selo, with concerts, exhibitions and gastronomy.[3] The writer of the first Croatian-Slovak dictionary, Ferdinand Takač is a Croat from Chorvátsky Grob.[4] There is also the Museum of Croatian Culture in Slovakia in Devínska Nová Ves.[5]
Croatian settlement in Slovakia in the 16th and 17th century
Since Slovak independence, the Croats of Slovakia have maintained good ties with other autochthonous Croatian communities in Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary.[6]
The former President of Slovakia Ivan Gašparovič is of Croat descent.[7]
^ ab"From the lives of Croatian faithful outside Croatia". Archived from the original on 2005-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
^Croatian Genealogy Online Newsletter
^ Karall, Kristijan (16 July 2023). "34. Hrvatski festival u Slovačkoj" [34th Croatian festival in Slovakia]. hrvatskenovine.at (in Croatian). Hrvatske novine. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^"Kultura". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
^"Múzeum kultúry Chorvátov na Slovensku SNM, Bratislava". www.muzeum.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-06-08.
^Other languages in Slovakia
^Plamenko Cvitić (17 August 2008). "Ivan Gašparović - slovački predsjednik u zemlji predaka" [Ivan Gašparovič - Slovakian president in the land of his ancestors] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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