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submitted through Rob Raeside, 23 July 1999
Lučenec lies in the middle of the wide Lučenec basin on the main railway
line Zvolen-Polesivec and on the road from Zvolen to Rožňava. It has also
an air service. It was founded in the 13th century and was the scene of
violent fighting during the Turkish raids into Slovakia in the 16th-17th
centuries.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Apr 2000
Lučenec (Hungarian: Losonc; German: Losontz) has 28.861
inhabitants (16,7% Hungarian; 1990 census). First mentioned in 1100 as
"Lutetia Hungarorum", but its territory was inhabited for centuries.
There was a great battle between John Hunyadi, regent of the Kingdom of
Hungary and the Hussites. The settlement was a town in Nógrád (Slovakian:
Novohrad
= New Castle) county of Hungary. The town was 1554-1606 under Turkish rule.
In 1910 Losonc had 12.939 inhabitants (82,2% Hungarian, 12,9% Slovakian
and 3,3% German. The town was in Nógrád county of Hungary till 1919/1920
(Czechoslovakian occupation). 1920-1938 Czechoslovakian, 1938-1944 Hungarian.
In 1947 reallocated to Czechoslovakia. 1946-1949 some of its Hungarian
inhabitants deported to Czechia and to Hungary.
István Molnár, 13 Jan 2001
![[Lučenec Mayor's flag (Standarda primátora)]](../images/s/sk-luce1.gif)
image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
The Coat of Arms of the town is used for
this and other flags below.
István Molnár, 14 Jan 2001
![[Lucenec long banner (Kombinovaná korúhva)]](../images/s/sk-luce2.gif)
image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
![[Lucenec short flag (Malá zástava)]](../images/s/sk-luce3.gif)
image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
![[Lucenec banner of arms (Znaková zástava)]](../images/s/sk-luce4.gif)
image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
This flag is about the same as the Lučenec other flag
below.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
![[Lucenec old flag]](../images/s/sk-lcold.gif)
by Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000
This is the old flag of the city.
Source: 'Klíc k našim mestum' by Karel Liška and Ludvík Mucha,
ed. Práce in Prague, 1979
and 'Városaink neve, címere és lobogója' by S. Széll, Budapest
1941.
Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000
![[Lucenec old flag - reversed colors]](../images/s/sk-lcola.gif)
after image from this
site, reported by Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
On the Lučenec homepage are the present and the old flag, used from
the 19th century till 1928.
Jarig Bakker, 11 Jan 2001
![[Lucenec 1941 flag]](../images/s/sk-lc41.gif)
by Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000
This flag is mentioned by S. Széll in 1941 (see above)
Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000
![[Lucenec other flag]](../images/s/sk-lc41a.gif)
by Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000
This is another flag mentioned by S. Széll, no date specification (Source:
see above)
Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000
lucen.gif)
From
http://www.tatrahome.sk/revue/erby/ . (!Link does not work any more!)
That's the heraldic representation of a pelican in her piety. See also:
Louisiana.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg and Santiago Dotor, 14 Jan 2001
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