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Rimavská Sobota city, Slovakia

Rimavská Sobota okres, Banska Bystrica region

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Rimavská Sobota flag

Rimavská Sobota (Hungarian: Rimaszombat, German: Gross-Steffelsdorf)  has 24.771 inhabitants (39,8% Hungarian; 1990 census). In 1910: 6.912 inhabitants (89,7% Hungarians, 6,8% Slovakians). The town was 1802-1920 the seat of Gömör és Kishont (Slovakian: Gemer i Malé Hont) County of Hungary till 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation). 1920-1938 Czechoslovakian, 1938-1944 Hungarian (after the Decision of Vienna). The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Czechoslovakia.
István Molnár, 23 Jun 2000

Rimavská Sobota old flag

[Rimavská Sobota old flag] by Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000

This is the old flag of the city.
Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000

Rimavská Sobota 1941 flag

[Rimavská Sobota 1941 flag] by Jan Kravčík, 15 June 2000

This flag was mentioned by S. Széll (Városaink neve, címere és lobogója by S. Széll, Budapest 1941).