Galanta, in Hungarian: Galánta, has 16.978 inhabitants (40,6% 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
Galanta Coat of Arms
from http://www.tatrahome.sk/revue/erby/ . (!Link does not work any more!)