Zbehy

Zbehy () is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in Slovakia. Local areas like Andač and Holotka belong to the village Zbehy.

Key facts

Slovak place.name: Zbehy
Slovak place.other_name: Üzbég
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Kostol Povýšenia sv. kríža Zbehy.jpg
Slovak place.image_caption: Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
Slovak place.image_flag: Zbehy-nitra-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Nitra District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption

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Zbehy () is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in Slovakia. Local areas like Andač and Holotka belong to the village Zbehy.

==History== The village was first mentioned in a historical record in the year 1156 as Jegu. Until the 16th century it was the property of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. In the centuries afterward more Noble families and aristocratics gained property. In the year 1598 the Ottoman Empire invaded the village and burned it.