Hungarians in Slovakia
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Hungarians constitute the largest minority in Slovakia. According to the 2021 Slovak census, 456,154 people declared themselves Hungarian, while 462,175 stated that Hungarian was their mother tongue.
Hungarians in Slovakia (census 2001) 50–100% 10–50% 0–10%
St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice (dedicated to Elisabeth of Hungary), where the Hungarian national hero Francis II Rákóczi is buried with his family
Betliar – Andrássy Castle
János Esterházy – a controversial ethnic Hungarian politician in the mid-war Czechoslovakia and the First Slovak Republic
Hungarians
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Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are a Central European nation and an ethnic group native to Hungary and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic language family, alongside, most notably Finnish and Estonian.
Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Hungarian raids in the 9–10th century
Traditional Hungarian costumes from Jassic- Cuman area, 1822
Traditional clothing in Hungary, around late 18th century and early 19th century