Plavecké Podhradie ( hu, Detrekőváralja) is a

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and

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in western

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in the

Malacky District The Malacky District ( sk, okres Malacky) is a district in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia. It lies north from Bratislava on Záhorská nížina lowland. Its current borders have been established in 1996. The administrative seat is its ...

in the

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History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1247 AD.

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 256 metres and covers an area of 21.188 km².

Population

On 31 December 2011, it had a

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of 686 people.http://portal.statistics.sk/files/Sekcie/sek_600/Demografia/Obyvatelstvo/tabulky/pocet_obyvatelov/2011/poc_obyv_2011_n.zip Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky – 31. december 2011 (ZIP 128,1 kB)

Infrastructure

Plavecké Podhradie lies on the street from Lozorno and Jablonica. It can be reached by train from Zohor, seasonally also by trains starting in Záhorská Ves on the border to Austria.

Sights

The Plavecky Castle and few caves in the

Little Carpathians The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', sk, Malé Karpaty; german: Kleine Karpaten; hu, Kis-Kárpátok) are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slov ...

are located nearby. There is also old Celtic oppidum, renaissance chateau of Pállfy family and ruins of medieval monastery.

Plavecky castle (remains)

The original castle was built in the 13th century. The middle part consisted of a Gothic castle with rectangular tower and the palace. In the 16th century it was expensively rebuilt into renaissance fortress with low courtyards. It was continually fortified and maintained during the 17th century, when new cannon bastions were built. In 1706 it was damaged by the army and so became dilapidated in the 18th century. The remains are visible from surrounding environment, part of Zahorie district can be seen from the remains. Water font is located near the remains.

Gallery

File:PP01 2.jpg, Cave PP1 File:Cave Pri Krizi.jpg, Cave Pri Kríži File:Pohanska 01.jpg,

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site Pohanská File:PlaveckyHrad.jpg, Plavecky castle File:Presbyterium plavecke podhradie.jpg, Ruins of monastery church

References

External links

Official page
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Malacky District {{Bratislava-geo-stub