Želiezovce

Archeology

The town gave name to the archeological Želiezovce group (named after a find in Veľký Pesek, now part of the village Sikenica, which was part of Želiezovce in 1986-1992).

St James Church

The most notable monument of Želiezovce is the medieval church of St James the Greater, situated in the town centre. It was built in its current form in the mid-fourteenth century, combining a polygonal apse with a single nave. The building has been richly decorated with at least four different layers of wall painting, which survive from the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The original context of these murals has been analysed in detail in the recent monograph (2018) by Krisztina Ilko, "The Medieval Wall Paintings of the Church of St James in Želiezovce."^[8] Ilko has investigated how the wall paintings were connected to the patronage of the Becsei family who intended to develop a new dynastic seat in Želiezovce. The focal point of this research was the unique iconography of a fresco from the 1380s in the apse which depicts a celestial trial for the departing soul of the local landlord and knight George Becsei. Other surviving murals include a Man of Sorrows on the south-eastern wall of the apse, St Catherine in a sedilia in the nave, and SS Martin and Leonard of Noblac further down on the south wall of the nave.

Ethnicity

In year 2021 was 6756 people by ethnicity 3519 as Slovak, 2993 as Hungarian, 551 as Not found out, 33 as Czech, 16 as Romani, 6 as Chinese, 6 as Other, 5 as Ukrainian, 5 as Rusyn, 5 as Russian, 4 as Bulgarian, 3 as Vietnamese, 3 as Polish, 2 as German, 1 as Italian, 1 as Moravian and 1 as French.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

In year 2021 was 6756 people by religion 3012 from Roman Catholic Church, 2151 from None, 630 from Calvinist Church, 514 from Not found out, 256 from Evangelical Church, 62 from Greek Catholic Church, 30 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 19 from Other, 17 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 13 from Ad hoc movements, 10 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 10 from United Methodist Church, 7 from Buddhism, 5 from Old Catholic Church, 5 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 3 from Islam, 3 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2 from Church of the Brethren, 2 from Baptists Church, 1 from Jewish community, 1 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from Bahá'i Community.