Kostolište

Kostolište
Kostolište
	Municipality
	Saint Martin's Church
	Kostolište Location of Kostolište in the Bratislava Region Kostolište Kostolište (Slovakia)
	Coordinates: 48°26′47″N 16°59′12″E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava
District	Malacky
First mentioned	1206
Postal code	900 62
Area code(s)	421-34
Car plate	MA
Website	www.kostoliste.sk

Kostolište is a village in Malacky District in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky, north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava.

Names and etymology

The name comes from German Kirchplatz, Kirchenplatz (1423 Kirchle, 1488 Kyryhporcz, 1561 Kripoletz, etc.).).[1] Older Slovak name Krýpolec, Kiripolec (the official name 1920–1948) is a phonetic adaptation. In 1948, the village was renamed to Kostolište by translation of the German name.

Famous people

Martin Benka, painter

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"

Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1870-1895 (parish B)

References

Varsik, Branislav (1984). Z osídlenia západného a stredného Slovenska v stredoveku (in Slovak). Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. p. 101.

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[varsik-1] Varsik, Branislav (1984). Z osídlenia západného a stredného Slovenska v stredoveku (in Slovak). Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. p. 101.