Bátovce

Bátovce (, , ) is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia.

Key facts

Slovak place.name: Bátovce
Slovak place.other_name: Bát
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: File:Bátovce, Evanjelický kostol, Slovensko.jpg
Slovak place.image_caption: Evangelical Church
Slovak place.image_flag: Batovce-levice-flag.svg
Slovak place.image_shield: Batovce Shield.png
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type3: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name3: Levice District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief

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Bátovce (, , ) is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia.

==History== In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1037 as "FORUM REGINE". The second time Batovce was mentioned as "MERKATUM REGINE". In 1327 Hungarian King Karoly named Batovce as The Royal City. In the medieval times it was known as "The city of Queens" and it was one of three free cities in the Hont and Tekov region. After World War II a village called Jalaksova was connected with Batovce. During the 1970s, the Lipovina Water Dam was built and nowadays it is one of the centers of tourism in Levice region.