Waw, You Really Have To See What I Found Today.

Robi, in another post you ask what we think about this card. It must be something special to you, but could you please explain?

Peter

Nice find. WWI Hungary/Slovakia. Please explain further as in was Hodos,Slovakia part of Hungary? This is going to take a history lesson.

It's right on the current Hungarian border. However, in historical context, Slovenia didn't exist at the time of sending this card and Hodos was firmly in Hungary.

Is there more than one Hodos? I find it mentioned as belonging to both Slovakia and Slovenia. Or was there an overlap of territory between these two nations?

The photo looks like Hungarian Cavalry Officers holding riding whips at the training grounds for horsemanship .There are the low white movable fencing in the background with stadium bench seating and the supervisors viewing tower in the background .

I don't see any crops among this bunch, but the one fellow is holding an equestrian trophy of some sort.

Hi all,

HODOS is the Hungarian name of a village called VYDRANY on the southern part of Slovakia next to DUNAJSKA STREDA (cca 30km from the Hungarian borders). The region is Hungarian speaking part of Slovakia famous for agricultural production, high Jewish population(one of the oldest Jewish cemetery in east Europe) smuggling and biggest mafia execution in whole Europe (11 men during 15 minutes). Slovakia didn't exist yet, it was Czechoslovakia under the Hungary & Austria empire.

Robi, thanks for the information. Does the 'Slovensko' on the cover refer to a province?

Slovakia.

Peter

I too, am confused. What is Slovakia/Slovensko in this case?

It's the same Slovakia = Slovensko

Robi, you wrote that Slovakia didn't yet exist at the time of this cover, yet there it is--as Slovensko--so I remain confused.

What is the Slovakia/Slovensko on the post card? A street, town,provence,city,state,pet name? I get the Hodos,Hungary. I get the Czechoslovakia. I get that today there are countries Slovakia & Slovenia. But please explain the Slovakia/Slovenska on the WWl post card.
I was writing same time as KGB. I am still confused. No Slovensko but there it is.

Slovakia, the area where the Slavs lived was a part of Hungary up until WWI. When Austria-Hungary broke up, the Slovaks and the Chechs formed what was until 1993 Chechoslovakia. Slovakia was, before WWI a region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - sort of like New England is a region here in the States, no official political division.

Peter

Thanks, Peter; that's what I suspected. If 'Slovensko' was not an official political division, could one assume that the writer is making a political statement by including the term in an address?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm currently reading Czechoslovakian history. (I'm still looking for a good text that describes its formation after WWI.)