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Samorín city, Slovakia

Dunajská Streda okres, Trnava region

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Šamorín flag

Samorin flag by Philip Nelson, April 6, 2000 after image from http://www.tatrahome.sk/revue/erby/ . (!Link does not work any more!)

Šamorín is a small town in Slovakia located near the Danube 20 km southeast of Bratislava. According to the tradition the name Šamorín (Slovak), or Somorja (Hungarian), or Somerheim (German) originates from the Latin expression "Santa Maria". (Source: the Šamorín website)
Jarig Bakker

Šamorín has 12.051 inhabitants (71,0 % Hungarian; 1990 census). The town was in Pozsony (Slovakian: Prešporok) County of the Kingdom of Hungary till 1919/1920 (Czechoslovakian occupation / Treaty of Trianon). 1920-1938 part of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1944 part of Hungary (after the Decision of Vienna). The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Czechoslovakia.
István Molnár, 12 Jun 2000

Šamorín long flag (zastava)

[Samorín Long flag (zastava)] by Jarig Bakker, 26 Mar, after image from this page, reported by István Molná