Grinava (
Hungarian: ''Grinád'',
German
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**Ge ...
: ''Grünau'') is a historical village in
Slovakia
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, since 1 July 1975 a suburb of the town of
Pezinok
Pezinok (; hu, Bazin; german: Bösing; lat, Bazinium) is a town in southwestern Slovakia. It is roughly northeast of Bratislava and, as of December 2018, had a population of 23,002.
Pezinok lies near the Little Carpathians and thrives mainly ...
.
It contains
a listed 14th-century church originally built by Saxon colonists. During the
Second World War
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a prison camp for American
POWs was located in the village. Towards the end of the Second World War there was fighting in and around Grinava between German and Soviet forces.
Under the Czechoslovak Republic (1948-1990) the village was renamed Myslenice. It has since reverted to its earlier name.
References
Villages and municipalities in Pezinok District
Villages in Slovakia merged with towns
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